Aki Tanaka

Oct 24, 2024 | mondaq.com | Marcin Sanetra |Aki Tanaka |Lavanga Wijekoon

Non-U.S. workforces such as those in Asia or Latin America often have to interact with their colleagues or customers or partners in the United States. Indeed, non-U.S. employees of multinational companies are in frequent cross-border contact with their American counterparts – either via Zoom, telephone calls, emails, or in-person meetings. These cross-cultural contacts can be risky because sensitivities on certain issues can differ dramatically between America and other countries.

Aug 9, 2024 | littler.com | Aki Tanaka

The 2024 Summer Olympic Games began on Friday, July 26. To celebrate this international event, Littler offices around the globe will share key changes in labor and employment laws that have transpired since the last time their countries hosted the Olympic games.1The last celebration of the games in Tokyo, Japan was upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Japan hosted the Olympics in 2021—a delay of one year due to the pandemic and executed with tight COVID restrictions.

Sep 12, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Michael Congiu |Stefan Marculewicz |Aki Tanaka

September 12, 2023 Michael Congiu, Stefan Marculewicz, Aki Tanaka, Lavanga Wijekoon Littler + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Japan is one of the first non-Western countries to adopt a legal framework on business and human rights, which will likely influence other countries in the APAC region, as well as the overall Western focus of BHR developments. Japan’s Guidelines on Respecting Human Rights in Responsible...

Sep 12, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Michael Congiu |Stefan Marculewicz |Aki Tanaka

September 12, 2023 Michael Congiu, Stefan Marculewicz, Aki Tanaka, Lavanga Wijekoon Littler + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Japan is one of the first non-Western countries to adopt a legal framework on business and human rights, which will likely influence other countries in the APAC region, as well as the overall Western focus of BHR developments. Japan’s Guidelines on Respecting Human Rights in Responsible...

Sep 12, 2023 | mondaq.com | Lavanga Wijekoon |Aki Tanaka |Stefan Marculewicz |Michael Congiu

Japan is one of the first non-Western countries to adopt a legal framework on business and human rights, which will likely influence other countries in the APAC region, as well as the overall Western focus of BHR developments. Japan's Guidelines on Respecting Human Rights in Responsible Supply Chains apply to all companies conducting business in Japan, as well as those companies' group companies, service providers, suppliers, and other entities in which they invest.