A Job for Life, or Not? A Class Divide Deepens in Japan (Published 2020)

Setsuko Hikita at home in Tokyo. Ms. Hikita sued her employer for paying her less than many of her co-workers and denying her a retirement allowance.Credit...Noriko Hayashi for The New York Times TOKYO — For more than a decade, Setsuko Hikita spent her working days selling snacks and newspapers in the bowels of Tokyo’s bustling metro system. Amid the chaos of morning commutes and the scramble to c

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“2つの判決は、日本では「正規」労働者と、増えつつある女性が多くを占める非正規雇用労働者との間の区別をさらに定着させる恐れがある。。" The New York Times 記事。