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What now gets disclosed is often subject to manipulation, presumably to make the numbers look better.

In a report, the panel of experts said the crisis has led to an increase in domestic violence cases and suicides among women, while also hitting them harder financially.

First-of-its-kind survey shows 40% of demographic working as nonregular employees.

Feb 13, 2021 On Jan. 27, Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), held an online meeting with his counterpart, Rikio Kozu, of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) to talk about wages, and, at one point, Nakanishi said that “somehow” Japan’s ranking for average pay among the 37 developed countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development had dropped. On Jan. 30, Tokyo Shimbun summarized the media reaction to Nakanishi...

"We'll take into consideration a series of requests that were made in the run-up to the emergency declaration," labor minister Norihisa Tamura said.

The proportion of such workers who did not receive compensation despite being told to take time off due to the pandemic was more than double the figure for regular staff.

Foreign workers hit hard by pandemic despite record number Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If youre not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Foreign workers study Japanese in a class held by a labor union in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, on Jan. 19. | KYODO Kyodo Feb 5, 2021 The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on the employment and daily lives of foreign workers in Japan, de...