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 ...

Nanami Kodaira hasn’t worked since her hair salon in Tokyo cut its hours in April in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “I don’t blame my boss,” Kodaira said. “I am not the only one.” But Kodaira ...

Gov. Roy Cooper will take a North Carolina delegation to Japan next week for an economic development conference in Tokyo, his office announced Friday. The delegation will attend the Southeastern ...

Graduate recruitment in Japan looks a bit like a scene from the movie "The Matrix." Hordes of students dressed in identical black suits and white shirts make the rounds of seminars, tests and ...

Kawata Yasutoshi was never cut out for traditional Japanese corporate life. As a former guitarist in a heavy-metal band, he found working at a large electronics firm frustrating: particularly the ...