Tag Archives: Employment

Media Mix, Jan. 27, 2013

Posted on January 27, 2013 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix about oidashi beya, a relatively new method of personnel rationalization where redundant employees are assigned to sections that give them nothing to do. The term was made popular in a feature by the Asahi Shimbun, … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Nov. 25, 2012

Posted on November 25, 2012 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is mostly about an installment of NHK’s “Closeup Gendai” that covered working women in Japan. Though the issue deserves the attention it’s been getting, the point of the column, and to a lesser extent the point … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Sept. 25, 2011

Posted on September 25, 2011 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is about welfare rolls swelling with large numbers of unemployed men who seem to have no will to work. One of the implications of the NHK special from which much of the column was … Continue reading →

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