Tag: Asia-Pacific

Japan Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced plans to advocate for substantial wage hikes during the upcoming labor negotiations.  Reuters reports that this initiative, highlighted at a recent three-party meeting between ...

South Korea leads global robot adoption, replacing 10% of its workforce with automation.

WeWork Inc. is closing two key coworking spaces in Singapore, signaling ongoing difficulties in one of its most important markets.  The company has shut down its space on the 17th ...

WeWork India has just announced key leadership changes, naming Jitendra Mohandas Virwani as the new Non-Executive Chairman, while Karan Virwani steps into the role of Managing Director and CEO. Embassy ...

Kazakhstan is welcoming digital nomads with the introduction of its new “Neo Nomad” visa, designed to cater to remote workers from around the world. This visa allows travelers to live ...

German optical technology firm Carl Zeiss AG on Monday opened its first global capability center (GCC) in India and said it plans to double its local workforce to 5,000 in ...

Thailand plans to increase the daily minimum wage to 400 baht ($11.76) next year, Labour Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn said on Friday. “It will be a new year present,” he said. ...

Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that changes must be made to some labor rules including ordering the establishment of sectoral minimum wages, in response to a petition by several ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's economic advisory panel on Wednesday called on the government, management and labor unions to swiftly start talks on raising minimum wages, a key Ishiba policy ...

Japan’s political parties are promising to raise the minimum wage, a step that may win votes in Sunday’s general election but could squeeze the small and midsize firms that form ...