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授業時間を外国人と分離 柏市の指導助手事業再開へ
柏市立小中学校の外国語指導助手（ＡＬＴ）事業が千葉労働局から是正指導を受け、中断している問題で、市教育委員会は２８日、日本人の教員と外国人で担当の授業時間を分ける方法を導入し、７月から業務委託方式で事業を再開すると明らかにした。
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‘Japanese way’ costs $190,000
The boss of a multi-national English language school in Auckland has been awarded $190,000 after an employment tribunal dismissed claims he was used to being treated “the Japanese way”. David Page was stripped of his job as regional director of GEOS New Zealand at a conference in 2008 and demoted to head of the company’s…
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More nonregular workers out of jobs: ministry
A total of 277,674 nonregular workers at 5,252 businesses will have lost or are expected to lose their jobs from October 2008 to this June, a labor ministry survey indicated Friday. The figure, including people whose contracts with manpower agencies were not renewed, is up 2,660 from the previous survey taken in April, the Health,…
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Japan must become ‘immigration powerhouse’
The size of a country’s population is a fundamental element of its government, economy and society. If the population keeps shrinking, it is self-evident that the nation’s strength will wane, the economy will shrink and the survival of society will be threatened. Three elements contribute to demographic changes: births, deaths and migration across national borders.…
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Top managers ordered to pay for employee’s death from overwork
The operator of major restaurant chain Nihonkai Shoya and its four top managers were ordered Tuesday to pay about 78.6 million yen in damages to the parents of an employee who the court recognized as having died of overwork in 2007. The decision by the Kyoto District Court was the first to find the top…
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Immigrants can buoy Japan
Japan is unique among economies that are highly developed and in demographic decline in having so few immigrants. In fact, even European states that are in much better demographic condition also have large numbers of foreigners and recently naturalized citizens in their labor force. The domestic economic advantages of a more open immigration policy are…
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Telling the other side of the Geos story
Thank you very much for printing the story regarding the Geos bankruptcy. As a former Geos teacher, I was glad to see that you told the other side of the story, as other media had made it appear that there weren’t any problems because G.communication had taken over the company in advance. This is not…
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Labour Ministry: Wages fell 3.3% in FY2009
According to a report released today by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, wages in Japan fell 3.3% to 315,311 yen per month in fiscal 2009. This is the strongest drop seen since the ministry began issuing data in 1991, while 2009 was the third consecutive year in which average wages fell in Japan…
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Inmates on hunger strike in Japan immigration centre
Scores of foreigners in a Japanese immigration detention centre have been on hunger strike for more than a week, demanding to be released and protesting the mysterious death of an African deportee. Some 70 detainees — many of them Sri Lankans and Pakistanis — have refused food since May 10, also seeking to highlight suicides…
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National health insurance a basic universal safety net
HEALTH INSURANCE All Japanese citizens are required by law to be covered by public health insurance. Because of this universal system, most medical treatment is covered and the costs are reasonable. The first health insurance law took effect in 1927 to protect laborers, and in 1938 the umbrella was extended to farmers, according to the…