Recently, there’s been a lot of talk in Japan about yami baito, or “dark part-time jobs.” The general scenario goes something like this: a help-wanted posting appears, usually online, for some sort of ...

Thanks to the AI tool, Tokyo police can write about 150 warning replies per day — compared to some 25 before its introduction ...

Each year, fewer and fewer university students in Japan succeed in finding a full-time job before graduation. Because of low graduate employment rates, many former university students are forced to ...

On a sunny morning in June, a middle-aged lawyer named Yoshimasa Obayashi heard his telephone ring once, and nearly ring again, before he rushed to snatch the phone’s receiver from its cradle. It was ...

There is a so-called "Yami Baito (闇バイト·Yamibaito)," a new type of crime method that has recently emerged as the biggest problem in Japanese society. It refers to a group of young people who commit ...

What Japan’s increasing number of foreign workers in part-time jobs at convenience stores, fast food restaurants, and other work environments struggle with or find puzzling. A recent survey conducted ...

Japan has been hit by a wave of robberies committed by people who were recruited online for so-called "shady part-time jobs" promising good pay. NHK explores how crime gangs are recruiting individuals ...

Higher education in Japan is supported by an army of part-time lecturers who are unable to secure stable employment or decent wages despite their advanced degrees. The pandemic has highlighted the ...