The Asia Pacific Institute of Research is warning that overtourism could morph into a more serious issue if the government's ...

Japan's service robot industry is set to triple in size by 2030. The country has become a hotbed for service robotics—from ...

Japanese companies are again offering workers the biggest pay increase in three decades, the nation’s largest labor union ...

Some 760 affiliated unions under the trade union federation Rengo have so far secured an average pay gain of 5.46% in ongoing ...

Large companies including auto giant Toyota Motor concluded annual spring wage talks, with many saying they will fully meet ...

Toyota, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hitachi, Fujitsu and NEC are among companies that say they have agreed to their ...

Japan's has cut its estimate for its economic growth in the last quarter of the year to a 2.2% annual pace from 2.8% as ...

The Japanese Cabinet on Tuesday approved a basic policy for a new scheme to replace the controversy-plagued foreign trainee ...

In fact, companies such as Toyota and Fanuc have set global benchmarks in industrial automation. These innovative measures ...

Faced with an aging population and labor shortages, Japanese businesses are increasingly relying on service robots to ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's largest labor union group Rengo said on Thursday its member unions are seeking an average wage hike ...

Japans unemployment rate edged up to 2.5% in January from 2.4% in December, according to government data released on Tuesday.