by carterjmrn | Jul 9, 2019 | Carter Group Viewpoints
It’s not very often that anyone gets to say they’ve witnessed the dawn of a new era, but on May 1st this year, with the enthronement of a new Emperor, all of us in Japan rang in the age of Reiwa. I renewed my driver’s license a few days later and was delighted to see...
by carterjmrn | Jul 5, 2019 | Changing World of Work, Japan Mega Trends, Women Power
In spite of the well-publicized push by the government to get women to return to work after having children, the fact remains that there are barriers for women that make returning to work extremely difficult. The disparity between the idea and reality is a vice that...
by carterjmrn | Jul 2, 2019 | Changing World of Work, Japan Mega Trends
by Suzanne Leigh In April 2019, the new labor laws went into effect for large companies. Small companies will follow suit in April 2020. The lead-up to the eventual passing of these laws was rife with controversy. And rightly so. Potential Impacts of New Overtime Laws...
by carterjmrn | Jun 27, 2019 | Changing World of Work, Japan Mega Trends
What’s life like for the average worker in Japan? First, endure a stressful, claustrophobic commute on one or more vacuum-packed trains. Next, sit at desks in an open-plan workspace—the cube farms of Dilbert’s world are rare here—and unless they’re...
by carterjmrn | Jun 26, 2019 | Carter Group Viewpoints, Japan Mega Trends, Women Power
In our 2019 CarterJMRN Japan Sentiment Study, we asked 1000 men and women across all 47 prefectures whether they felt that women are making progress toward equality in society. While almost half of the men at 47% felt that this is the case, women were rather less...
