By SUGURU TAKIZAWA/ Staff Writer
November 21, 2019 at 07:00 JST
At Sapporo Breweries Ltd., which introduced a work shift interval system in April 2018, some employees use the Line messaging app to share their actual time of starting and finishing work with colleagues. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
A system to provide sufficient downtime between work shifts to prevent "karoshi" deaths from overwork is only being implemented at 3.7 percent of companies surveyed by the labor ministry. [Read More]
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
