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...former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, whose reforms encouraged Japanese companies to hire more part-timers like Haruko). Although the full-timers began the series condescending to Haruko, every week she saves the company by showcasing one of the skills she's picked up in her years as a temp - like preparing perfect sashimi. In fact, Haruko's victories are on-screen justice for real-life temps. "It feels good to see Haruko tell full-timers things that you cannot say face-to-face," says Kaoru Ishizaki, an office manager in Yokohama who is a fan of the show...
...Hinkaku, has the sort of job skills that should get her hired on the spot. She can program a computer, chop sushi, speak Russian, operate heavy equipment - and this being Japan, pour tea. But Haruko doesn't have a full-time job. She's a part-timer, a temp - hence the title of the show, which roughly translates to "the dignity of temp workers...
...computer, chop sushi, speak Russian, operate heavy equipment and (most important) pour tea. But Haruko doesn't have a full-time job. She's a part-timer-and the main character in the new hit Japanese TV show Haken no Hinkaku, which roughly translates as "the dignity of temp workers." Japan may once have enshrined lifetime corporate employment, but today nearly a third of its workforce is made up of part-timers like Haruko, as companies that cut payrolls during the recession years have been slow to add full-time jobs...
...While the shift has helped Japanese corporations post record profits, others worry about a generation of workers mired in a low-wage temp ghetto-34% of male and 55% of female part-timers make less than $11,000 a year. All of this feeds the success of Haken, which satirizes the changing nature of the Japanese workplace. The confident and capable Haruko, played by the 33-year-old actress Ryoko Shinohara, makes more than the average part-timer but still has to put condescending co-workers in their place-onscreen justice for Japan's downtrodden real-life temps. "It feels...
...Last Call.” Unfortunately, these elements are few and far between and the band’s alternative songwriting equation seems to have stagnated after the mainstream success of “Goodbye, Astoria.” For a band that’s more like a temp-agency for rock musicians than a homegrown mainstay, it’s hard to expect a fully developed senior album. But, The Ataris could have done more with “Welcome the Night,” and if not revive their pop-punk roots, at least do justice...