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Japanese business wear brand creates helpful graph to tell you what to wear at work

• Shannon
  Nov 18, 2020
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How formal is too formal? you ask. Yofuku no Aoyama has the answers.

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• (business casual • business wear • dress code • fashion • Japanese fashion • office culture • office fashion • society • working in Japan • Yofuku no Aoyama)

From capsule hotel to capsule office – A visit to Tokyo’s newest pandemic work solution

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 13, 2020

Can you turn bare-minimum hotel rooms into practical professional pods?

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• Japan
• (capsule hotels • clever • COK • coronavirus • rental offices • shinjuku • SNJO • weird • working in Japan • workspaces)

Japanese company creates “business card masks” that put your name and workplace on your face

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 9, 2020

Handy mnemonic helper, or complete sacrifice of privacy?

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• (business • business cards • clever • masks • weird • working in Japan)

Japanese clothing chain offers an answer to job-hunting suit conundrum

• Katy Kelly
  Nov 7, 2020

Yofuku no Aoyama suggests a new suit service to suit job-seeking students.

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• (business • COK • fashion • job hunting • office • recruit suits • rental • society • suits • working in Japan • Yofuku no Aoyama)

Japanese ministers call for reform of company hiring practices that focus on new graduates

• Dale Roll
  Nov 6, 2020

With jobs getting harder to find, it’s important that more people have the chance to be hired.

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• (COK • college • college student • coronavirus • economy • hiring • job hunting • society • working in Japan)

The difference between Japanese and Western working cultures summed up in one photo

• Oona McGee
  Oct 30, 2020

Two office skyscrapers look out over Shibuya together, but inside they’re worlds apart.

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• (Google • Japanese office • offices • Shibuya • society • telecommuting • Tokyo • work from home • working in Japan)

Tokyo temple holds funeral for personal seals in effort to reform outdated business practice【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 21, 2020

Monk chants sutras in farewell to a business tool that doesn’t mesh with telecommuting.

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• (business • culture • funerals • hanko • ikan • personal seals • society • telecommuting • video • working in Japan)

This work pod built for two could be the new way to have face-to-face meetings in Japan【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 18, 2020

For when you need to talk in-person, but don’t want to breathe each other’s breath.

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• (business • COK • cool • coronavirus • interior • offices • telecommuting • weird • work booths • work pods • working in Japan)

Japanese manners debate: Is it OK to tell your coworkers “I’ve found a new job?”

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 15, 2020

Pros, cons, compromises, and proverbs to consider when it’s time to say so long.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • Japanese language • linguistics • society • working in Japan)

The number of doctorate students in Japan is now almost half of what it was 17 years ago

• Dale Roll
  Oct 9, 2020

Japan’s booming science industries might need workplace reform if they want to continue hiring qualified workers. 

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• (doctorate • education • graduate school • PhD • reasearch • science • society • working in Japan)

One of Japan’s largest financial companies offers four-day weekend plan for all employees

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 7, 2020

Mizuho employees will get to chose how much they want to work.

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• (banks • business • COK • Mizuho • Mizuho Bank • society • weekend • work-life balance • working in Japan)

Woman sues Tokyo company after having to work 48 days in a row with limited bathroom breaks

• SoraNews24
  Sep 21, 2020

Labor Standards Office recognizes treatment as workplace psychological injury.

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• (COK • mental health • overtime • overwork • society • working in Japan)

Chef at top Tokyo sushi restaurant wins lawsuit after being fired for maybe having a tattoo

• Oona McGee
  Sep 3, 2020

High-end sushi restaurant ordered to pay thousands of dollars in damages.

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Immigration Bureau relaxes work restrictions for foreigners trapped in Japan during pandemic

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 26, 2020

Revised visa regulations aim to help interns unable to return home and who need a job in Japan.

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• (COK • coronavirus • immigration • Living in Japan • society • visas • working in Japan)

Japanese man gets fired for lying on resume by saying he had less education than he really does

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 18, 2020

Anonymous tip ends 24-year career with city of Kobe.

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• (COK • crazy • education • society • weird • working in Japan)

Your new dream job? Nintendo Japan are hiring level designers for new 2-D game

• Katie Pask
  Aug 12, 2020

Does “over 1,000 hours on Super Mario Maker” count as relevant experience?

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• (awesome • game design • jobs • Mario • nintendo • Super Mario • technology • video games • working in Japan)

Japanese son tells parents he wants to quit his job, they give the best possible response

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 18, 2020

Mom and Dad buck conventional Japanese wisdom when their kid says he’s had enough of his job.

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• (family • moving • Parenting • parents • society • touching • working in Japan)

Every Kyoto Animation movie ever made gets revival screening, company now hiring new employees

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2020

One year after shocking arson attack, anime production company’s healing continues.

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• (anime • Kyoto Animation • movies • working in Japan)

Pokémon game developer Game Freak is now hiring, holding online interviews for new jobs

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 2, 2020

Here’s your chance to go from Pokémon fan to Pokémon pro.

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• Japan
• (game freak • jobs • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games • working in Japan)

Ideal vs. reality: Japanese Twitter nods in agreement at diagram of harsh truth of freelance work

• Casey Baseel
  May 20, 2020

Freelancing doesn’t equal free time.

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• Japan
• (COK • freelance • ideal vs. reality • society • working in Japan)

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  9. Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
  10. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan

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  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  3. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  4. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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  10. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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