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Japanese net user finds U.S. propaganda film from WWII and draws unusual conclusion

Krista Rogers
Mar 19, 2019
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An American wartime propaganda video has one Japanese citizen reflecting on his nation’s societal structure today.

Internet, Japan, USA
(education • government • history • propaganda video • twitter • U.S. • work • World War II • WWII)

Could Spirited Away’s Yubaba actually be the ideal boss that Japan’s workforce needs?

Krista Rogers
Nov 27, 2018

Japanese Twitter users weigh in on thought-provoking post discussing the qualities that make Yubaba an effective manager.

Internet, Japan
(anime • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • twitter • work • Yubaba)

Mr. Sato tries a unique method to compellingly call in sick to work【Video】

Master Blaster
Nov 18, 2018

Some people bend over backwards at work. Others bend over backwards to get out of work.

Global, Japan
(bend over backwards • bridge • calling in sick to work • health • Mr. Sato • sickness • work)

More Japanese workers are ditching crisp business suits for casual and comfortable wear

Koh Ruide
Oct 1, 2018

Times are changing, and Japan’s younger generation now favors practicality over formality when it comes to work fashion.

Japan
(business suit • company worker • fashion • office • suits • work)

Looking for a job in Japan? Now you can work in the world of anime at the Ghibli Museum!

Oona McGee
Aug 3, 2018

That’s right – the Ghibli Museum is now hiring!

Japan
(anime • employment • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese jobs • jobs • Mitaka • Studio Ghibli • Tokyo • work • work in Japan)

Working at Osaka shrimp company has only one rule: Don’t do any work that you don’t want to do

Master Blaster
Aug 2, 2018

Working hours at this shrimp processing and packaging plant are outlined as: “Whenever the heck you feel like it.”

Japan
(business • employment • flexible schedule • labor • Osaka • seafood • work)

Why’s my order taking so long? Boss of restaurant mysteriously found dead drunk with employees

Koh Ruide
May 22, 2018

Customers shocked to find them lying on the ground intoxicated with alcohol.

Japan
(alcohol • drinking • drunk • Osaka • police • work)

Study reveals staff shortage in Japanese firms, suggests a need to accept low-skilled foreigners

Koh Ruide
Nov 20, 2017

60 percent of small and medium-sized companies in Japan are understaffed, and it’s time to take a hard look at the situation.

Japan
(foreigners • immigration • Japanese Government • Japanese society • work)

Manga-based game show ups the ante with part-time jobs offering $805 for two days’ work

Richard Simmonds
Nov 17, 2017

Get 91,000 yen for wearing a black suit, tie and sunglasses in special one-off job offer from new variety TV show based on manga and anime series Ultimate Survivor Kaiji.

Japan
(anime • game shows • Japanese TV • jobs • Kaiji • manga • money • Part-time • TBS • work)

Japanese workers reveal the 8 most astonishing things new employees do in the workplace

Oona McGee
Oct 27, 2017

Have you ever rubbed your colleagues up the wrong way with these odd behaviours?

Japan
(culture • jobs • kohai • senpai • work • workers • workplace)

Invasion of privacy? Survey asks workers about social media friend requests from the boss

Richard Simmonds
Sep 22, 2017

You have one new friend request: Survey answers reveal workers’ dilemma and bosses’ motivation.

Japan
(bosses • spying • survey • work • work relationships • workers • working in Japan)

Japanese company bans employees from sitting down while using computers for productivity, health

Casey Baseel
Jun 30, 2017

Workers may want to stretch out their hamstrings as they warm up their typing fingers.

Japan
(crazy • health • Iris Ohyama • standing desks • weird • work)

Woman robs own convenience store, becomes the greatest “bakkura” of all

Master Blaster
Jun 26, 2017

Let’s take this rare sighting of an S-Class bakkura to learn a little about what being a bakkura is all about.

Japan
(bakkura • business • crime • funny • society • work)

Bra shirt for men: Japan develops new type of clothing to conceal men’s nipples

Oona McGee
Jun 10, 2017

This new garment uses a specially designed insert to help cover those pesky high beams.

Japan
(business • Cool Biz • fashion • nipple • shirts • summer • work)

Japanese university students reveal the part-time jobs they’d most like to have

Oona McGee
May 19, 2017

The top ten results show which companies appeal most to young students.

Japan
(jobs • students • Surveys • university students • work)

Net user shares clever discovery to make her boss feel concerned and let her go home early

Krista Rogers
May 8, 2017

This worker discovered a surprising trick which makes use of only one simple object for a potentially epic lifehack.

Japan
(cosmetics • Fueki • funny • glue • hand cream • work)

Fukuoka City aims to resume traffic at site of road collapse less than a week after accident

Oona McGee
Nov 14, 2016

Following days of around-the-clock work by construction workers, all eyes are on the city again following reports that the road will be fit to drive on by today.