Well-Being
March 20, 2014
Well-Being
Japanese Women Still Struggle to Find Employment after Having Children, Cabinet Survey Shows
The Cabinet Office of Japan released the Work-Life Balance Report 2013 in Decem...
March 8, 2014
Well-Being
Survey Shows 60% Satisfied with Current Life, 70% Dissatisfied with Social Security
The Japanese Consumers' Cooperative Union released the results of its Social Se...
February 27, 2014
Newsletter
Review and Future Directions of JFS's Local Well-Being Project
In 2013, JFS worked on the development of local indicators of well-being as on...
February 15, 2014
Well-Being
White Paper Addresses Creating Happy Homes by Sharing Household Chores
Tadaima! (meaning "I'm home" in Japanese), a non-profit organization, started d...
January 31, 2014
Newsletter
Unique Share Houses Emerging One after Another in Japan
Unlike in the United States and other countries where sharing a room or house ...
January 5, 2014
Newsletter
Hyogo Prefecture's Long-Term Vision for the 21st Century and the 'Hyogo Well-being Index'
JFS launched its "Local Well-Being" Project, in April 2013, to focus on local ...
December 24, 2013
Newsletter
Kumamoto's Challenge to Maximize Citizens' Happiness -- "Aggregate Kumamoto Happiness (AKH)"
Kumamoto Prefecture, located almost exactly in the center of Kyushu Island in s...
December 15, 2013
Well-Being
Communication Support Application 'KoeTra' Released for the Hearing-Impaired
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) rel...
November 24, 2013
Well-Being
Sharing Childcare Using Cell Phone at One Coin Charge
AsMama Inc., a Japanese social entrepreneurship company established in November...
November 7, 2013
Well-Being
'Big Issue' Magazine Sold by Homeless People Marks 10th Anniversary
The Big Issue Japan magazine, a magazine sold by the homeless to financially...
October 31, 2013
Well-Being
Itochu to Ban Late Night Overtime and Encourage Morning-focused Working Style
Itochu Corp., a major Japanese trading company launched a new initiative on ...
October 21, 2013
Well-Being
Over 70% of Japanese Satisfied with Life for First Time in 18 Years, Survey Says
The results of the Public Opinion Survey on the Life of the People, which were r...
October 20, 2013
Aging Society
Volunteers Using Point System to 'Bank' Hours in National Citizens' Network
The Nippon Active Life Club (NALC), a Japanese non-profit organization, has been...
September 27, 2013
Well-Being
Maternal and Child Health Handbook Spreading Around the World
Japan's Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Handbook, or Boshi Techo in Japanese...
September 24, 2013
Newsletter
Arakawa City's 'Gross Arakawa Happiness' (GAH) Initiative Challenges GDP-Centric Thinking, Supports a Sustainable, Happier Community
We are constantly offered opportunities in society to rethink the meaning...
September 24, 2013
Aging Society
Nagoya Offering Shared Housing Opportunities for City's Elderly
The city of Nagoya launched a shared housing project for senior citizens in Dece...
August 29, 2013
Well-Being
Municipalities Across Japan Establish 'Happiness League'
Inaugural meeting of "Happiness League" Copyright Arakawa City All Rights Reser...
August 23, 2013
Well-Being
Survey Shows Link between People's Hopes for the Future and Childhood Reading Level
The National Institution for Youth Education (NIYE) in Japan, on February 2...
August 22, 2013
Well-Being
'Life Work Balance,' Together with Fellow Coworkers
A non-profit company, Polaris, launched its businesses in August 2011 with ...
August 6, 2013
Newsletter
JFS's Newest Challenge: The "Local Well-Being" Project
Background We often hear the word "sustainability" in use around the glo...
July 18, 2013
Civil Society / Local Issues
Local Community Cafe Opens in Saga City
Self Management, a general foundation offering local supporting activities and p...
July 17, 2013
Well-Being
Japan's Annual Number of Suicides Dips below 30,000 in 2012
According to an announcement by the Japanese Cabinet Office on March 14, 2013, J...
July 15, 2013
Civil Society / Local Issues
Shopping District in Chichibu Promoting Mutual Assistance through 'Volunteer Bank'
The "Volunteer Bank: Otasuke-Tai ("Support Corps" in English)," which was organi...
June 25, 2013
Well-Being
Hokkaido Earns Highest Score in Environmental Satisfaction Ratings: Survey on Environmental Awareness and Local Environment
Japan Post Insurance Co., an insurance company of the Japan Post Group, rel...
June 2, 2013
Well-Being
CollaVol: Social Volunteer Platform for Donating Time
"Donating just a few hours of your time" is a form of volunteering made pos...
May 31, 2013
Well-Being
Over Half of People Expect To Be 'Better Off' in 13 of 14 Asian Cities in Survey
According to the seventh "Global HABIT" report issued on February 15, 2013,...
May 7, 2013
Newsletter
Coworking -- A New Working Style for Connecting People
We are now living in an era when we can work anywhere, just by using our per...
April 18, 2013
Well-Being
Citizens in Shiga Prefecture Propose 'Smile Index' as Measure of Well-being
A group of citizens in Shiga Prefecture in Japan announced in December 2012 ...
April 11, 2013
Well-Being
Japanese Cabinet Certifies Six Best Practices for Promoting Work-Life Balance
The Japanese Cabinet Office selected six best practices for improving work-life ...
March 21, 2013
Well-Being
Hosei Graduate School Releases Prefectural Rankings on Well-being
Professor Koji Sakamoto of the Hosei Graduate School of Regional Policy Design a...
March 5, 2013
Newsletter
Creating Well-being Indicators of Japan, by Japan, for Japan
Movements to measure progress not only by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) but al...
December 17, 2012
Well-Being
New Japanese Web Site to Offer Platform for Freelancers, Hobbyists to Sell Services
WelSelf Inc., a Japanese web development and management company, released in...
December 12, 2012
Well-Being
Software Developer's 'Ultra Work' Trial Uses Cloud Network to Free Employees of Time and Place
Cybozu Inc., a Japanese company that develops and sells software for the Interne...
October 29, 2012
Well-Being
Survey Identifies Key Elements of a Friendly Workplace
Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc. released on July 19, 2012, th...
July 31, 2012
Well-Being
12th Telework Promotion Award Winners Announced, Microsoft Japan Wins Chairman's Award
The Japan Telework Association announced the companies, organizations, and one i...
November 2, 2011
Well-Being
More People Are 'Deeply Moved' and 'Heartily Appreciative' Than Pre-Quake
Hakuhodo Inc., an integrated advertising agency, disclosed on 28 June 2011 the r...
October 16, 2011
Well-Being
Over 50% of Japanese Say Japan is a Favorable Place to Raise Children, Gov't Survey Shows
According to the results of the International Opinion Survey on a Low Birth...
September 29, 2011
Well-Being
Survey Says March Disaster Increased Time Spent with Family, Neighbors
Nippon Research Center Ltd., a private research and study organization in Japan,...
August 16, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Fujitsu, Arkray Launch Mobile Phone Service to Support Diabetics
Fujitsu Limited, a major electronics manufacturer, and Arkray Inc., a clinical t...
January 14, 2008
Well-Being
Number of Japanese Centenarians Now Exceeds 30,000
For the first time in Japan's history, the number of people aged 100 years and o...
December 31, 2007
Well-Being
Eighteen Thousand Children Still on Waiting List for Nursery Schools
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare released on September 7, 2007, a ...
September 22, 2007
Well-Being
Study: Is Economic Wealth Linked with Happiness?
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) of the Cabinet Office of Japan...
July 15, 2007
Well-Being
Japanese Loneliest Advanced-Nation Children
The UNICEF Innocenti Research Center released its Report Card No. 7 in February ...
December 18, 2006
Well-Being
Nearly half of Japanese Fathers Short of Time with Kids
About 40 percent of Japanese fathers have problems securing time with their chil...
April 23, 2006
Well-Being
Japan Plans to Reduce Annual Suicides by 25% within 10 Years
At present, Japan has in excess of 30,000 suicides a year, making the suicide ra...
February 1, 2006
Well-Being
Forests Found Effective in Boosting Anti-Cancer Cells
The Forestry Agency of Japan, the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institut...
August 22, 2005
Well-Being
Mental Health Problems Growing in Majority of Firms
The number of employees suffering from mental health disorders is on the rise in...
June 17, 2005
Education
New Personnel Service Provides Workers for Universities
Responding to changing needs of society and universities, Kantou Employment Crea...
June 15, 2005
Well-Being
Policies Can Boost Japan's Birthrate to 2 Children per Woman: OECD
Japan's birthrate could be boosted from the current 1.3 to a level around two ch...
June 7, 2005
Well-Being
Over 70% of Single Women Happily Unmarried
Over 70 percent of single women in Japan are satisfied with their lives, accordi...Related
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