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As a consummate Japan watcher for nearly 35 years, I’ve often commented on the changing psyche of the Japanese consumer.

Japan’s entertainment scene was shaken last month when Yoshimoto Kogyo Co. said it terminated its management contract with 49-year-old Hiroyuki Miyasako.

Why does the Japanese market seem so hit and miss when it comes to western brands being able to make a ‘go’ of...

In 2007, JMRN pointed out that young Japanese dads were starting to take a much more proactive role in parenting, and young moms were becoming...

The story involves what’s been dubbed the #KuToo movement—a play on kutsu, the Japanese word for shoes, and kutsuu, the word for pain,...

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...

In spite of the well-publicized push by the government to get women to return to work after having children, the fact remains that...

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.

In our 2019 CarterJMRN Japan Sentiment Study, we asked 1000 men and women across all 47 prefectures whether they felt that women are...

When an 18-year old Osaka student filed a $19,000 lawsuit against the Osaka Prefectural Government because her school insisted that she dye her...

Before 1985, you could hardly find a Japanese woman in business doing anything more than “office lady” activities: tea serving, copy making, paper...