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1. LIFELINES: LABOR PAINS - HIFUMI OKUNUKI
Labor law protects expectant and new mothers — to a point
Oct. 16, 2012
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2. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Retirees can be rehired, but often under worse conditions
Oct. 16, 2012
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3. LIFELINES - YUICHI KAWAMOTO
Burden of proof lies with employer to justify withdrawing job offers
Oct. 9, 2012
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4. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Companies liable for drug trial damages
Oct. 2, 2012
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5. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Gaijin cards valid until 2015 — but not at the post office
Sept. 25, 2012
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6. LIFELINES: LABOR PAINS - HIFUMI OKUNUKI
Work-rules verdict jars with laws aimed at leveling playing field for employees
Sept. 18, 2012
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7. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Unlike giving blood, becoming an organ donor easy
Sept. 18, 2012
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8. LIFELINES - MASAKO SUZUKI
Three steps to judging whether a disciplinary measure is legal
Sept. 11, 2012
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9. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Self-sponsored visas: a passport to freedom or a world of pain?
Sept. 4, 2012
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10. LIFELINES: LABOR PAINS - HIFUMI OKUNUKI
Tepco liable for contract workers' safety in Fukushima
Aug. 21, 2012
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11. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
No automatic enrollment in pension system
Aug. 21, 2012
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12. LIFELINES - YUICHI KAWAMOTO
Check with school, kids before posting videos of children online
Aug. 14, 2012
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13. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
How would changing jobs affect my visa?
July 31, 2012
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14. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
From baby massage to fostering pets, many options for volunteers
July 24, 2012
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15. LIFELINES: LABOR PAINS - HIFUMI OKUNUKI
Courts back workers' rock-solid right to strike
July 17, 2012
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16. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Complex rules in place for safety's sake, but Red Cross still wants your blood
July 10, 2012
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17. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Local orphanages may be best bet for volunteers
June 26, 2012
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18. LIFELINES: LABOR PAINS - HIFUMI OKUNUKI
In 'right-to-work' Japan, employees should also have the right to rest
June 19, 2012
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19. LIFELINES - DOUGLAS BERGER
Dealing with isolation and exclusion in Japan
June 19, 2012
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20. LIFELINES - YUICHI KAWAMOTO
More than divorce: Courts could even help save your marriage
June 12, 2012
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21. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Safe blood requires strict, and detailed, standards
May 29, 2012
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22. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Foreigners disqualified as blood donors for wide range of reasons
May 22, 2012
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23. LIFELINES: LABOR PAINS - HIFUMI OKUNUKI
Supreme Court knocks down discipline of mentally ill employee
May 15, 2012
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24. LIFELINES - MASAKO SUZUKI
Name on deeds shouldn't affect divorce asset split
May 15, 2012
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25. LIFELINES: LABOR PAINS - HIFUMI OKUNUKI
No legal cure-all for fixed-term job insecurity
April 24, 2012
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26. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Will I have trouble re-entering Japan if I lose my gaijin card?
April 24, 2012
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27. LIFELINES - YUICHI KAWAMOTO
Can I sue a former employer for not paying toward my pension?
April 10, 2012
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28. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Less-than-fluent foreigners may have trouble giving blood
April 3, 2012
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29. LIFELINES: LABOR PAINS - HIFUMI OKUNUKI
A promise of employment is binding, Supreme Court ruled in late 1970s case
March 27, 2012
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30. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Suginami Ward 'informers' just doing their job
March 27, 2012
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31. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Import tax: a complex, seemingly arbitrary minefield
March 13, 2012
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32. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Immigration 'informers' call on foreigners in Suginami Ward
March 6, 2012
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33. LIFELINES: LABOR PAINS - HIFUMI OKUNUKI
Oversleeping radio anchor set tough precedent for firing staff
Feb. 28, 2012
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34. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Ill-prepared schools put returner, family in tough spot
Feb. 21, 2012
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35. LIFELINES - RYOKO MINAGAWA and MASAKO SUZUKI
Firms have few grounds to refuse staff paid leave
Feb. 14, 2012
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36. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Facing up to alcoholism in foreign land can help or hinder recovery
Jan. 31, 2012
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37. LIFELINES - YUICHI KAWAMOTO
Tepco pole position may scupper land buy
Jan. 24, 2012
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38. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Acceptance — social and otherwise — a crucial issue for Japan returnee kids
Jan. 17, 2012
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39. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Rejoining school system in Japan after time away can be tough
Jan. 10, 2012
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40. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Replacing your alien card; blasts from the past
Dec. 20, 2011
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41. LIFELINES - MASAKO SUZUKI
All employees in Japan are entitled to paid leave, period
Dec. 13, 2011
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42. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Buck stops with landlord of moldy apartment
Dec. 6, 2011
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43. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
More on carrying your gaijin card, and where to find Indian temples
Nov. 22, 2011
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44. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Writing a will can take the uncertainty out of inheritance
Nov. 15, 2011
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45. LIFELINES - YUICHI KAWAMOTO
Hague won't help Japanese mom reunite with lost baby
Nov. 8, 2011
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46. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
To carry or not to carry your 'gaijin card' upon re-entry?
Oct. 25, 2011
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47. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
How to avoid the trouble of paying double on return to Oz
Oct. 18, 2011
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48. LIFELINES - MASAKO SUZUKI
Unfair dismissal: the legal options
Oct. 4, 2011
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49. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
Can the government change my name? asks 'Madame Spouse'
Sept. 27, 2011
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50. LIFELINES - ASHLEY THOMPSON
3/11: no excuse for skipping your re-entry visa
Sept. 13, 2011
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