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An American wartime propaganda video has one Japanese citizen reflecting on his nation’s societal structure today.
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Times are changing, and Japan’s younger generation now favors practicality over formality when it comes to work fashion.
Working hours at this shrimp processing and packaging plant are outlined as: “Whenever the heck you feel like it.”
60 percent of small and medium-sized companies in Japan are understaffed, and it’s time to take a hard look at the situation.
Get 91,000 yen for wearing a black suit, tie and sunglasses in special one-off job offer from new variety TV show based on manga and anime series Ultimate Survivor Kaiji.
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