Japan is hoping to tackle a worsening manpower shortage in its transportation industry by licensing up to 24,500 foreign taxi, bus, and truck drivers by fiscal year 2028. While public acceptance of ...

TOKYO (AP) — In Japan, a nation reputed for loyalty to companies and lifetime employment, people who job-hop are often viewed as quitters. And that’s considered shameful. Enter “taishoku daiko,” or ...

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Japan’s experience shows that the long-term costs of keeping rates artificially low far outweigh the short-term benefits, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Allison Schrager writes.

The America First movement is gaining new momentum, in part because of the Biden administration’s blatant importation of new workers—and voters—across an open southern border. Ironically, after seeing ...