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Cooperatives support recovery efforts from Typhoon Hagibis in Japan

Cooperatives are supporting the efforts to recover from Typhoon Hagibis that caused tremendous damage in central and northern Japan.

TICADVII side event

TICAD 7 Side Event - ILO Future of Work High-Level Dialogue (Held on 29 Aug. 2019) Meeting Report

RSCA in Action

Philippines: CSR training brings insights to managers and students.

CEOs and future business leaders alike are exposed to new ideas about the importance of responsible business conduct.

ILO’s message for the Platform Cooperativism Symposium in Tokyo

ILO Cooperatives Unit Manager sent a video message to the Platform Cooperativism Symposium organized by the Japan Co-operative Alliance in Tokyo.

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting

ILO welcomes G20 commitment to human-centred future of work policies

The G20 Labour and Employment Ministers have adopted a Declaration committing to human-centred world of work policies. The ILO’s Director-General, who took part in the meeting in Japan, welcomed the statement.

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting

Guy Ryder attends G20 meeting in Japan

The Director-General of the International Labour Organization heads to a meeting of the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers in Japan, focused on the future of work.

ILO centenary

Japanese Diet Adopted ILO Centenary Resolution

On 26 June 2019, National Diet of Japan in both Houses of Representatives and Councillors, unanimously adopted "Resolution concerning Japan's further contribution to the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the commemoration of the centenary...

Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7)

Guy Ryder: A human-centred approach can create decent jobs for youth in Africa

Speaking at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7), ILO Director-General Guy Ryder outlined how a human-centred agenda can help boost productivity and create decent jobs for youth in Africa.

G20 Japan 2019

ILO welcomes G20 commitment to inclusion and equality

G20 leaders, meeting in Osaka, issued a communique stressing the importance of ensuring that ageing societies are active, and supporting gender equality and women's economic empowerment.

Domestic Workers' Day

An aging Asia increases the demand for domestic workers. But what about their rights?

Mr. Nilim Baruah, International Labour Organization’s Regional Migration Specialist for Asia and the Pacific, reviews progress on migrant domestic workers’ rights in Asia.

RSCA in Action

The ‘mutual language’ of labour standards to guide businesses in Asia toward decent work, greater competitiveness and increasing market...

A Training of Trainers seminar in Bangkok sees regional experts learning new ways to spread the word on the responsible business agenda

Japan to support youth employment opportunities for refugees and host community in Mauritania

The project aims at promoting economic self-sufficiency of refugees and peaceful coexistence with host communities through the development of employability schemes and decent jobs in infrastructure construction works.

Participants’ reflections on the 9th ILO-JCCU African Cooperative Leaders’ Study Tour

Since 2010, the ILO, through the Cooperatives Unit (COOP) and its Office for Tokyo, and the Japanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union (JCCU) have co-organized African Cooperative Leaders' Study Tours in Japan to encourage the exchange of knowledge and...

ILO and the Cooperatives in Japan

Dialogue between Mr. HONDA, President, Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union and Ms. Taguchi, Director, ILO Office for Japan

#Futureofwork

First discussion on the Report of the Global Commission on the Future of Work held in Japan

A tripartite panel discussion on the future of work highlighted the relevance of the Report of the ILO's Global Commission on the Future of Work in the context of Japan's labour market. Japan’s tripartite constituents acknowledged the necessity of...

Responsible business practices

First Symposium co-hosted by Keidanren / ILO / OECD Regarding Responsible Supply Chains in Asia Held in Tokyo in October 2018

Francophone African cooperative leaders exchange knowledge and experience with Japanese co-operators

The 9th edition of the ILO/Japanese Consumers’ Cooperative Union (JCCU) African Cooperative Leaders’ Study Tour took place in Japan from 15-24 October 2018.

Employment creation for youth to build sustainable peace in The Gambia: Launch of the employment-intensive construction works

The project creates employment opportunities for the youth in The Gambia through ILO’s employment-intensive construction approach with a focus on equal and decent work opportunities

Domestic work

Recognizing the rights of domestic workers

Domestic workers are one of the groups most vulnerable to exploitation, violence, harassment, and forced labour. International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition reminds us that many women end up being trapped in abusive...

ILO organizes a meeting on cooperative to cooperative trade and decent work

ILO brings together the cooperative movement and fairer and ethical trade initiatives to promote responsible production and consumption though cooperative to cooperative trade.