Japan's willing elderly workers are defusing the country's pension time bomb, writes Kanoko Matsuyama.
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"The MPF was set up in a way that was employer based and it let 250,000 employers determine the providers in order to eliminate administrative burdens.
Earlier this year, a survey of employers found that those who do not offer paternity leave - a large majority - had no intention of introducing it unless the government legislated to make it...
Going by the large numbers, a riot at a Foxconn factory can seem more like crowd violence at a football match. That's not surprising.
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A teachers' union has accused the Education Bureau of invading pupils' privacy with its new data-collection policy.
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