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Teleworking in Japan falls after COVID; hybrid working on rise
The ratio of teleworkers in Japan continued to fall as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes while more turn to "hybrid work" combining remote work and in-office work, a fiscal 2023 government survey showed. The online survey, conducted by the transport ministry in October and November, found that 5,832 of the 36,228… Read
More Japanese workers turning to job resignation services
Unable to face going back to their jobs after the Golden Week holidays that ended in early May, an increasing number of Japanese workers are turning to private services to resign on their behalf, including a rise among graduates who started in April. The services, which have grown in popularity… Read
European companies less upbeat about China's vast market as its economy slows
China is actively seeking foreign investment to boost its slowing growth, but that very sluggishness is weighing on company plans to grow their businesses in the world's second largest economy, an annual survey of more than 500 European companies has found. The slowing economy is now the dominant concern of… Read
Amazon plans to invest 1.2 bil euros in France
US e-commerce giant Amazon will invest more than 1.2 billion euros in France, creating more than 3,000 jobs, French President Emmanuel Macron's office said on Sunday. The money will help develop Amazon Web Services' (AWS) cloud infrastructure, mainly generative artificial intelligence, and the logistical infrastructure of its parcel delivery service,… Read
Apple Store employees in Maryland vote to authorize a first strike over working conditions
Workers at the first Apple Store to unionize have now also authorized a first strike against the tech giant’s retail operations. Apple Store workers in Towson, Maryland, voted late Saturday to authorize a strike, according to a statement from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ Coalition of Organized… Read
More than a thousand protest outside German Tesla factory
More than a thousand environmentalists protested outside Tesla's factory near Berlin Saturday, police said, a day after some of them tried to force their way into the plant. The protesters, accompanied by a large police contingent, unfurled anti-Tesla and anti-capitalist banners surrounded by a strong police presence. Organizers of the… Read
JAL looks to diversify workplace, businesses under 1st female CEO
Japan Airlines Co's newly appointed top executive Mitsuko Tottori said she will press ahead with diversity in its workplace and businesses, as she looks to devise the carrier's post-COVID growth strategy as its first female CEO. Tottori said she is confident that JAL will have female employees filling at least… Read
Private-sector advisers urge proper BOJ response to weak yen
Private-sector advisers to the Japanese government on Friday warned that the yen's rapid depreciation may deal a blow to the economy by accelerating inflation, urging the Bank of Japan to respond "appropriately" to keep excessive price gains in check. The members of the prime minister's top economic and fiscal policy… Read
Honda posts record profit, issues cautious forecasts
Japanese auto giant Honda on Friday logged a record annual profit thanks to improving global vehicle sales, but issued a cautious outlook for the current fiscal year. The company said net profit for the year to March soared 70 percent to 1.1 trillion yen on sales of 20.4 trillion yen,… Read
Musk says Tesla charger network will grow, days after layoffs
Tesla boss Elon Musk said Friday the electric vehicle manufacturer would invest over $500 million this year to install new superchargers, just days after a report of massive layoffs in this branch of the company. "Just to reiterate: Tesla will spend well over $500M expanding our Supercharger network to create… Read
