Then read some of these positive affirmations and toast to a better new year while leaving the past in the past. At the end of the party, pass out simple gratitude journals as favors to focus on ...

"Is the year-end party considered work? Do we get paid overtime?" These are the types of questions puzzling older managers ahead of the party season in Japan. Year-end "bonenkai" parties were once ...

The year-end party season is also “a little less than what I expected at the time of the category 5 transition,” he said. The Imperial Hotel in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward said the average year-end ...