Deaths by Influenza at Home or at Work

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Home Deaths
Influenza-Like-Illness
Suspect or Confirmed

In an effort to understand how Influenza onset and progression leads to deaths occurring outside medical facilities, either at home or at work, we ask compassionate...

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Study: Japan's male managers die younger than other workers

Male managers and professionals in Japan are dying younger than men in other jobs because they put work before their health, researchers said on March 7.

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Nurse sues hospitals for sharing her positive HIV diagnosis, forcing her out of job

A nurse is suing the operators of two hospitals for around 11 million yen after she says one of them shared her positive diagnosis for HIV with the other,...

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Hiring disabled ratio remains far below target

Japan's Labor Ministry says only 45 percent of private companies have achieved the legal target of hiring disabled people.

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Japan Panel Seeks Workers' Compensation for Demotion, Bullying

Tokyo, Oct. 24 (Jiji Press)--An experts' panel has compiled a report asking Japan's health and labor ministry to allow sufferers from mental illness in principle to receive...

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More Japan Firms Let Seniors Work beyond 65

Tokyo, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)--The proportion of Japanese companies where all employees can work until at least the age of 65 if they hope rose 1.7 percentage points from the previous year to...

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Demoted Olympus worker complains progress on human rights case too slow

An Olympus Corp. employee who was demoted after whistle-blowing on the firm has complained that the Tokyo Bar Association has been too slow in solving his human rights...