{"id":69720,"date":"2017-04-12T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=69720"},"modified":"2017-03-10T21:30:11","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T01:30:11","slug":"say-sayonara-to-long-hours-work-life-balance-in-japan-and-the-u-s-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=69720","title":{"rendered":"Say Sayonara to Long Hours: Work-Life Balance in Japan and the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, April 12  06pm<br \/>\nJapan Society<br \/>\n333 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/work-life-balance.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[69720]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-69721\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/work-life-balance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s busy world, maintaining work-life balance can feel challenging, especially when juggling heavy workloads, family responsibilities, and private commitments. The Abe administration has been trying to tackle this issue by making it a key priority to advance work-style reforms to reduce long working hours and improve labor productivity. This program will focus on the professional life and appropriate working styles for increasing productivity and efficiency. Speakers discuss how organizations are responding to increased work-life balance concerns, as well as their personal stories and insights on balancing family, work, and life. The panelists also examine what kind of programs and policies are needed in order to achieve a healthy work-life balance that allows both men and women to succeed at home and in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists:<br \/>\nTatiana Goldberg, Leadership Development Director, Unilever North America<br \/>\nYoko Ishikura, Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University<br \/>\nJean Wynn, Managing Director &amp; Market Segment Lead, Corporates &amp; Public Finance, BNY Mellon<\/p>\n<p>Moderator:<br \/>\nKeti Mehta, Vice Chair, Tri-State Diversity Council<\/p>\n<p>For tickets visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.japansociety.org\/event\/say-sayonara-to-long-hours-work-life-balance-in-japan-and-the-us\" target=\"_blank\">www.japansociety.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, April 12 06pm Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69722,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69720\/revisions\/69722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}