Japan is meeting the era of Reiwa with unprecedented growth in the elder age brackets and declining numbers among the young.
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One definition of progress is that Japan should move its society from one based on traditional values - highly protective of change and respectful of continuity and stability -
CarterJMRN has been tracking working from home trends among the general public aged 16-69 via our Japan Consumer Sentiment Survey.
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 goals and 169 targets that countries are encouraged to use as a guide for sustainable development.
In Japanese culture, it is said that each person has an ikigai (生き甲斐, pronounced ee-kee-guy), or “path to life fulfilment” or “purpose for being.”
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In April 2019, the new labor laws went into effect for large companies. Small companies will follow suit in April 2020. The lead-up...

What’s life like for the average worker in Japan? First, endure a stressful, claustrophobic commute on one or more vacuum-packed trains.