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May 2013

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   Official visit

   ILO's Director-General visits a "Hello-Work" employment centre in Japan

   16 May 2013

   On his first trip to Japan as ILO's Director-General, Guy Ryder visited one of the Japanese Public Employment Security (PES) Centres, also known as a "Hello Work" centre, which is part of a network that serves 170,000 people each day nationwide. He met with the staff of their largest "Hello-Work" office in Tokyo and saw how the employment security system worked from the job seeker's point of view.

April 2013

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   Natural disaster

   Back to life after the great East Japan earthquake

   01 April 2013

   Residents of a city devastated by the 2011 tsunami pick up the pieces, showing just how crucial jobs are in times of disaster-recovery.

September 2012

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   Social finance

   Giving banks a good name

   19 September 2012

   Is it possible for banks to devote themselves to the financial welfare of workers and still survive financial crises? The ILO looks at the Rokin Bank, a union-led cooperative in Japan.

November 2011

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   Article

   Opinion editorial: A better world starts in the workplace

   28 November 2011

   In preparation for the ILO’s 15th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting(APRM, to be held in Kyoto, Japan, 4-7 December, Ms Sachiko Yamamoto, ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific discusses some of the important topics that will be considered at the meeting.

August 2008

1. Article

   Executive summary:Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific

   10 August 2008

2. Article

   Promotional Flyer:Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific

   10 August 2008

May 2005

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   Video

   SEX TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS IN JAPAN

   05 May 2005

   The Japanese government has brought in new rules to crack down on entertainment visas which have been widely used to bring women into the country to work in the sex industry. Tens of thousands of foreign women work in bars and clubs in Japan, some of them against their will, according to a report by the International Labour Organization.