The custom of giri-choco, loosely meaning 'obligatory chocolate,” was once commonplace in offices around the country.

Nights out drinking can often end badly. But in Japan, they have a habit of going spectacularly wrong for government ...

TOKYO -- "Noise harassment" in the workplace, such as loud typing sounds, is surprisingly common. The Mainichi Shimbun asked ...

Unable to offer high salaries, a Japanese tech firm provides free drinks at work and ‘hangover leave’ to attract young talent ...

Morihiro Masada left his career at Toyota Motor Corp. to focus entirely on helping foreign residents in Japan find work an ...

Last summer, I came across a surf camp in Portugal and fell in love with traveling while you work. Knowing the surf season would end, I started looking for somewhere else to go. I visited Japan ...

A Japanese tech company lets workers drink on the job and offers hangover leave. The unusual recruiting strategy is luring ...

A wave of anonymous workplace harassment posts has flooded social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in Japan, triggered by the recent Fuji TV scandal. This revelation has unleashed a torrent of ...

Japanese women traditionally gave chocolate to their male co-workers for Valentine’s Day. But shifting workplace norms now ...