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]
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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 on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
