- Japanese language classes for foreign students will count for credit from 2023, says MEXT
- Unemployment insurance “benefit restriction period” has been shortened to 2 months since October 2020
- Call center workers go on strike after multiple COVID infections
- “ECC Junior” English instructors form union, request collective bargaining
- U.S.: seeking improved conditions amid pandemic, more and more move to form unions
- Four in ten local governments have “part-time” staff whose hours are 15 minutes short of “full”: Interior Ministry wants changes
- Labor share in decline since ‘90s: “vital to build a distribution environment” says Cabinet
- Same-sex partnership system in Tokyo, as soon as this Autumn
- Long-term unemployment: 660,000 each month in 2021–pandemic makes finding work difficult
- And more!
(Translated from Japanese)