Japan foreigners articles
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Over 80,000 foreigners working at convenience stores in Japan
Over 80,000 foreign nationals work part-time in Japan's three major convenience store chains, data collected by Kyodo News showed Wednesday, in a trend likely to continue amid labor shortages from an aging population. Foreign workers now represent around 10 percent of the part-time labor force across branches of Seven-Eleven Japan
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Former Hulu Japan CEO Buddy Marini joins Warner Bros Discovery in Japan
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has named former Hulu Japan CEO Buddy Marini as general manager for Japan and promoted Chieko Nishi ahead of the departure of Glen Kyne. Based in Tokyo, Marini will join the
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Palestine Solidarity in Japan
Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt, sitting in for Eric Draitser on CounterPunch Radio, talks with Hanin Siam, a Palestinian organizer based in Tokyo, Japan. They discuss the challenges of organizing the Palestine solidarity movement in Japan, including the nuances of their communities in Tokyo and Hiroshima. From the history of Japanese support for Palestine, to BDS, to More