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  2. Kenji Urada - Wikipedia

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    Kenji Urada. Kenji Urada (c. 1944 – July 4, 1981) was a Japanese factory worker who was killed by a robot. Urada is often incorrectly reported to be the first person killed by a robot, [1][2] but Robert Williams, a worker at the Ford Motor Company's Michigan Casting Center, had been killed by a robot over two years earlier, on January 25, 1979.

  3. Japanese blue collar workers - Wikipedia

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    Japanese blue collar workers. Blue collar workers (Nikutai-rōdō-sha (肉体労働者)) in Japan encompass many different types of manual labor jobs, including factory work, construction, and agriculture. Blue-collar workers make up a very large portion of the labor force in Japan, with 30.1% of employed people ages 15 and over working as ...

  4. Japanese work environment - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, the average Japanese employee worked 1,644 hours, lower than workers in Spain, Canada, and Italy. By comparison, the average American worker worked 1,779 hours in 2019. [6] In 2021 the average annual work-hours dropped to 1633.2, slightly higher than 2020's 1621.2. Overall between 2012 and 2021, the average working hours' drop was 7.48%.

  5. AP PHOTOS: 172-year-old Japanese factory preserves ...

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    The name is derived from the local pronunciation of the Japanese word muku, which means pure. Suzuki is training Seksuk Suebsai, a Thai citizen who began learning tegome after moving to the area ...

  6. Toyota Motor Corporation Tahara plant - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 34°42′58″N 137°17′31.19″E. Lexus LS, IS, and GS are made in Tahara. The Tahara plant (Japanese: 田原工場, Hepburn: Tahara kōjō) is an automobile plant in Tahara, Aichi, Japan owned by Toyota Motor Corporation. The address is 3–1 Midorigahama, Tahara City, Aichi Prefecture.

  7. Labor market of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Labor force participation rate (15-64 age) in Japan, by sex [2] Gender wage gap in OECD [7]. Japan is now facing a shortage of labor caused by two major demographic problems: a shrinking population because of a low fertility rate, which was 1.4 per woman in 2009, [8] and replacement of the postwar generation which is the biggest population range [9] who are now around retirement age.

  8. Dirty, dangerous and demeaning - Wikipedia

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    Oil rig drillers can be covered in oil and mud and they work beside dangerous machinery in harsh environments. "Dirty, dangerous and demeaning" (often "dirty, dangerous and demanding" or "dirty, dangerous and difficult"), also known as the 3Ds, is an American neologism derived from the Asian concept, and refers to certain kinds of labor often performed by unionized blue-collar workers.

  9. Labor unions in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Labour unions emerged in Japan in the second half of the Meiji period, after 1890, as the country underwent a period of rapid industrialization. [4] Until 1945, however, the labour movement remained weak, impeded by a lack of legal rights, [5] anti-union legislation, [4] management-organized factory councils, and political divisions between “cooperative” and radical unionists.