Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. We all need a reason to get up in the morning. Ikigai is the term the Japanese ...

This is the weekly Careers newsletter. Radhika Panjwani is a former journalist from Toronto and a blogger. Some years ago, Jennifer Shinkai, a Tokyo-based sales and marketing professional, was laid up ...

The pandemic has made many people reevaluate their life and work. Seeing so many people succumb to the Covid-19 disease was an eye-opening, sobering experience. It hit home that life is precious and ...

What’s your purpose? Why do you get up in the morning? What is it that you hope to accomplish? Having clarity about the answers to the above greatly enables us to live our best lives. Yet it all ...

Lifestyle Designer Aileen Xu utilizes the ancient Japanese framework of Ikigai to help you find the sweet spot between your passion, mission, and profession. Prediction: The Trump bull market will ...

Three in four workers are actively thinking about quitting their jobs amid "The Great Resignation." Career coach Cherie Wilcox says the Japanese concept of "ikigai" can help unhappy employees. Ikigai ...

Divas Gupta reveals that you don’t have to quit your job to find your true Ikigai.Everyone has a purpose within they just need to recognize and awaken it.No matter your profession, joy and meaning can ...

At the Delaware Area Career Center, our mission is to empower, prepare, inspire and connect opportunities for our students. So as I sat down to write this column, I asked myself, "What are we ...

In Japan, there is a quiet belief that everyone is born with an ikigai, a reason to wake up each morning. The word itself is simple. 'Iki' means 'life'. 'Gai' means value or worth. Together, “ikigai” ...