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Can Japan's Four-Day Work Week Solve Its Birth Rate Crisis?
"For these policies to meaningfully impact fertility rates and support greater gender equality in Japan ... take three days off each week. "We'll keep reviewing our work styles flexibly so ...
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Tokyo is turning to a 4-day workweek in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population’
Japan is facing a population crisis—so ... is set to allow its employees to work only four days a week. It is also adding a new “childcare partial leave” policy, which will allow some ...
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Microsoft Japan's 4-day work week boosted productivity by 40 percent
Credit: MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images Microsoft Japan has announced the results of its 4-day work week trial, and it will shock no-one to know the experiment was hugely popular with the company's ...
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How long do Japanese work? - A comparison before and after the shorter work week
Do Japanese work shorter hours since the reduction of the work week introduced by the amendment of the Labour Standards Act at the end of 1980s? Using Japanese time-use data from the Survey on Time ...
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‘Longstanding issue’: Japan’s huge four-day week change begins in April
The Japanese government first officially endorsed the idea of a four-day week in 2021, offering free consulting and grants to motivate businesses to help employees achieve a better work-life balance.
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Microsoft experimented with a 4-day work week in its Japan office, and productivity jumped by 40%
An experiment that involved reducing the work week by one day led to a 40% boost in productivity in Microsoft's Japan office, the technology giant announced last week. The trial was part of ...