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Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jul 20, 2026
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Japan¡¯s small but growing ranks of digital nomads have embraced the opportunity to embed themselves in a Japanese life ¡ª and take advantage of a weak yen.
AI leaders have shifted from predicting mass job losses to overlooking how automation may quietly erode the quality and meaning of the jobs that remain.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 17, 2026
The AI jobs crisis no one is talking about
The leaders of big AI labs are changing their stories on employment, with top AI chief executive officers walking back their previous warnings of job destruction.
An office of Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals in Shanghai on June 11. While senior drug-development talent is in demand globally, industry experts say the challenge is particularly acute in China.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 16, 2026
Chinese drugmakers with big ambitions struggle to recruit staff for global expansion
China¡¯s rapid rise as a hub for testing experimental, next-generation medicines is outpacing the industry¡¯s ability to build the workforce needed to take those products global.
The number of requests filed in Japan for compensation for work-induced deaths and illnesses rose to a record 6,212 in fiscal 2025, the health ministry said Wednesday.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Science & Health
Jul 15, 2026
Japan logs record compensation payouts for °ì²¹°ù¨­²õ³ó¾± and work-related illnesses
The number of people who received government compensation for death and illnesses related to overwork hit a record 1,310 in fiscal 2025 ¡ª the fourth year in a row with a new high.
Measures to prevent workers from experiencing harassment from customers are gradually taking root at Japanese companies, but challenges remain.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Society / FOCUS
Jul 15, 2026
Japanese companies gradually implement measures to combat customer harassment
Some companies have established consultation desks for employees while others have introduced audio and video recording equipment at workplaces.
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, in Sun Valley, Idaho, on Friday
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 15, 2026
Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit claims
The lawsuit ?says that the company relied on factors such as productivity and AI token usage when it slashed thousands of jobs earlier this year.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials wear shorts, T-shirts and sneakers at work on Tuesday as part of the capital's Cool Biz initiative.
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Jul 15, 2026
Too hot: Buttoned-up Tokyo officials ditch suits for ¡®cool¡¯ shorts
The loosening of a strict dress code comes as Japanese offices cut reliance on air conditioning due to high energy costs linked to the Middle East war.
Since April 2024, the amount of overtime doctors can perform has been capped at a maximum of 960 hours per year.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Society
Jul 14, 2026
15% of doctors put in over 960 hours of overtime, health ministry survey finds
The results come despite yearslong efforts to address overwork in the medical industry.
Men look for daily gigs in Kunshan, the heart of China¡¯s manufacturing industry, in May.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 13, 2026
¡®They don¡¯t need people¡¯: the workers left behind by China¡¯s robot drive
Tens of millions of workers may fall by the wayside as the country pivots away from low-end manufacturing toward advanced technology, from automation to AI.
Japan's internal affairs industry may introduce artificial intelligence agents at local governments facing labor shortages.
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Jul 11, 2026
Japan weighing AI agents for understaffed local governments
A study group will compile an interim report by the end of fiscal 2026 and aim to release its final report around summer 2027.
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
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Jul 10, 2026
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
Solving the issue is crucial to developing tourism sustainably as a strategic industry for Japan, the government said in a white paper released Friday.
Japan faces the need to foster an environment conducive to women's recurrent education, the government's white paper on gender equality said.
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Jul 10, 2026
Housework and childcare barriers to women¡¯s recurrent education, government says
The annual white paper said recurrent education?will become increasingly important in light of rapid technological innovations such as artificial intelligence.
Nomura Kagayaki employees engage in design work in Tokyo's Koto Ward on June 29.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 6, 2026
Japanese firms face need to improve jobs for disabled workers
The statutory minimum employment rate for those with disabilities was raised to 2.7% from 2.5% last week.
Choi Seung-ho, union leader at Samsung Electronics in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, in June. Cho secured a staggering windfall for semiconductor workers who were promised bonuses of roughly $400,000 this year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 6, 2026
Millennial Samsung union leader¡¯s $26 billion bonus victory turns to bitterness
South Korea¡¯s artificial intelligence gold rush has both emboldened a new generation of Korean tech workers and created new divisions among them.
Rina Takahashi of Kitani Suisan fillets a tuna at the Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo's Chuo Ward, on June 25.
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Jul 6, 2026
Women increasingly active in Japan¡¯s fish markets
The development is part of the country¡¯s shift toward a more gender-neutral society.
The weighted average amount of summer bonuses rose 1.88% from a year before to ?1,008,706, thanks to robust corporate earnings and base salary hikes.
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2026
Summer bonuses at major Japan firms top ?1 million for first time
The weighted average amount of summer bonuses rose 1.88% from a year before to ?1,008,706, thanks to robust corporate earnings and base salary hikes.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi might take a more pragmatic approach in pushing up the lowest wages in Japan.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 2, 2026
Government signals flexibility on ?1,500 minimum wage target
Its annual policy guidelines indicate the much-discussed goal could be reached early next decade rather than by the end of this decade.
The logo of social media company Meta. As the tech behemoth spends billions annually to build out its artificial intelligence capabilities, employees at Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are increasingly unhappy with their Mark Zuckerberg-led parent company.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 2, 2026
Fear and anger brew inside Meta amid AI frenzy
After weathering layoffs, some Meta employees were reassigned to an internal artificial intelligence training initiative that has drawn accusations of surveillance.
Wu Feng-chiao, 72, harvests gelidium algae, locally known as "stone flowers," from rocks along Taiwan's northeastern coast in the Magang fishing village near New Taipei City on June 16.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 1, 2026
Taiwan¡¯s aging seaweed harvesters hope younger women will wade in
There are no more than four women in the Magang fishing village in Taiwan who still regularly collect Gelidium algae, and all of them are in their 70s or older.
The government is considering delaying its goal of raising Japan's average minimum hourly wage to ?1,500 until the first half of the 2030s.
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2026
Japan mulls delaying minimum wage hike
Japan¡¯s average minimum hourly wages in fiscal 2025, which ended in March, stood at ?1,121, up 6.3%?from the preceding year.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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