Diversity
July 16, 2018
Newsletter
'Good Companies in Japan' (Article No.4): 'Eightfold Satisfaction' Management for Everyone's Happiness
The JFS newsletter has introduced a selected series of examples of good compan...
December 13, 2017
Newsletter
Coco Farm & Winery: An Amazing Model of Special Needs Students and Community
Vineyards cover a steep slope in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture. The land was or...
December 4, 2017
Diversity
KOBO-SYU Markets Self-Expression of People with Disabilities
KOBO-SYU, a welfare institution established in 2002, turns artwork created by ...
April 19, 2017
Diversity
TMG Collaborates with Businesses to Support Parasports through Clothing Reuse Project
With the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games on the horizon, various initi...
November 18, 2016
Corporate
From Catch up to Gear up - JR East Promotes Women in Workplace
East Japan Railway Company (JR East), one of the major railway companies in Jap...
October 13, 2016
Diversity
Ajinomoto Expands Sports Nutritional Support to Include Disabled Athletes, to Boost Skills in Disability Sports
One of the major food product manufacturers in Japan, Ajinomoto Co., announced ...
October 10, 2016
Newsletter
'work with Pride' (wwP) Launches Index to Promote LGBT-inclusive Workplaces in Japan
In June 2016, a Japanese nonprofit group called "work with Pride" (wwP) announ...
March 7, 2016
Education
Toward Sustainable Development Goals - Talk with 15-Year-Olds
Ugoku/Ugokasu (GCAP Japan), a national coalition of the Global Call to Action A...
December 4, 2015
Diversity
Japanese NPO Proposes New Sport for All; Barrier-Free-Tennis
BLACKSOX, a non-profit organization in Japan, has proposed a new sport, "Barri...
June 20, 2015
Diversity
Shibuya City First in Japan to Recognize Same-Sex Partnerships
Tokyo's Shibuya City enacted an ordinance on April 1, 2015, which is being call...
December 1, 2014
Corporate
LIXIL Establishes Women Empowerment Plan Called WeDo Action
LIXIL Group, a Japanese leading company in the living and housing solutions ind...
May 9, 2014
Diversity
Japanese NPO Repairs and Sends Used Wheelchairs Overseas
"Go! Fly! Wheelchairs," a Japanese Non Profit Organization (NPO) based in Sappo...
May 5, 2014
Well-Being
Japan's Cabinet Office Launches Website Providing Data on Women in the Workplace
March 19, 2014
Aging Society
Keidanren Proposes Housing and Town Planning More Suitable for Japan's Aging Population
The Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) released on December 7, 2013, a polic...
March 17, 2014
Aging Society
Elderly Simulation Program is Helping Japan Become an Elderly-Friendly Society
The Wonderful Aging Club, a Japanese association working to build a rich and l...
March 10, 2014
Diversity
Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs Adopts Nine Projects for Conservation and Inheritance of Dialects in Disaster-Stricken Area
The Agency of Cultural Affairs has been surveying the actual situation of the d...
February 26, 2014
Diversity
Local Businesses Commission Disabled Workers to Maintain Solar Power System
An association of solar power installation businesses in Misawa, a city in nort...
February 9, 2014
Diversity
More Dads are Taking Childcare Leave, Says Hiroshima Prefecture Survey
Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan revealed on October 28, 2013, that 7.2 percent of ...
January 28, 2014
Diversity
Private Sector-Led Awarding Program Promotes Work-Life Balance
The Promotion Committee for Work-life Balance consisting of volunteers from ind...
November 14, 2013
Civil Society / Local Issues
Greenpeace Japan Launches Network to Promote Women's Involvement in Politics
Greenpeace Japan (GPJ), an international environmental NGO, launched the Gre...
November 2, 2013
Aging Society
Database of Sensory Characteristics of Elderly and Challenged Persons Open to Public
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)...
September 9, 2013
Diversity
Gunma Certifies First Multicultural Community Advancement Officers
Gunma Prefecture certified five people as Multicultural Community Advancemen...
June 21, 2013
Diversity
Faster Braille Printing Technology Developed
Koki Doi, a principal researcher at the National Institute of Special Needs ...
May 13, 2013
Diversity
JR East to Open New Child Care Support Facilities
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) brought the number of child care support f...
May 4, 2013
Diversity
National Women's Association in Japan Issues Handbook to Support Young Women's Independence
The National Council of Women's Centers in December 2012 issued a handbook t...
May 2, 2013
Diversity
TSE Creates 'Nadeshiko' Label for Companies that Support Women's Careers
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange ...
February 20, 2013
Diversity
Project Launched to Deliver Sanitary Pads to Filipinas
Copyright Granma Inc. Granma Inc., a Japanese marketing research and consulti...
February 11, 2013
Diversity
Nerima Ward Starts Support Services for Disadvantaged Shoppers
Nerima Ward, Tokyo, launched a model project in two areas in September 2012,...
November 1, 2011
Energy Conservation
Energy Saving Events Held at Japanese Professional Baseball Games
The Yomiuri Giants, a Japanese professional baseball team, started on July 26, 2...
March 29, 2011
Diversity
METI Publishes Shopping Accessibility Aid Manual
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) published the first ...
January 23, 2011
Diversity
Tokyo Electric Power Wins Minister Award for Gender Equality
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced on September 30, 2010, that it won a ...
April 17, 2006
Diversity
Action Plan for Supporting NEETs Revised
Japan's Youth Independence and Challenge Action Plan was revised at the 10th You...
March 31, 2006
Diversity
Government's New Basic Plan for Gender Equality Starts
The Japanese government approved its Second Basic Plan for Gender Equality at a ...
November 11, 2005
Diversity
Nearly 80% of Japanese Firms Have No Female General Managers
Nearly 80 percent of Japanese companies have no female general managers or equiv...
July 30, 2005
Diversity
Sixty Percent of Young Housewives Unable to Find Jobs
Less than 50 percent of women keep their jobs after getting married, and nearly ...
May 21, 2005
Diversity
Women's Success in Office Closely Linked to Corporate Performance
A survey conducted by the Japan Institute of Workers' Evolution in early 2003 sh...
December 9, 2003
Diversity
'Big Issue' Magazine Makes Japan Debut
"Big Issue Japan" magazine was launched on September 11, 2003 to provide homeles...Related
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