HR-ON-THE-GO: Japan HR News Roundup (Sponsored by: Santa Fe Japan Relocation Services)

Yahoo Japan Corp. said Monday that the resignation of Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive won't affect the Tokyo-based company's business or any possible negotiations over the U.S. namesake's plans to offload its Japanese stake.

Source: http://www.marketwatch.com

Japan Post Holdings Co. has slashed the number of non-regular workers it converts to regular employees only 1,058 non-regular workers passed the necessary conversion exam in fiscal 2011, about one-eighth of the level seen in the previous year, they said.

Source: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/

Many people have reported that the Great Recession took a toll on self-employment.  That’s certainly true in the United States.   As data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) show, the number of Americans in business for themselves dropped by 622,000 between 2007 and 2009, a decline of 5.9 percent.

Source: http://www.forbes.com

TOKYO _ Low salaries are one reason behind the difficulty in securing sufficient numbers of day care workers. According to the government's basic survey on wage structure in 2011, the average monthly salary for a private day care worker was only 220,000 yen ($2,754.46).

Source: http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/

Takahashi, who directs Takamasa & Co. Ltd., spoke to his father, his boss at the family company that employed 90. Each of our workers, Takahashi said, supports about three family members. If we can boost our employment to 200, they'll support 600. That totals 800 people, more than 10 percent of the town's remaining population. And so Takamasa expanded even as the local economy tanked. The company built a $17 million factory and showroom, a project planned before the tsunami. It rented its old quarters to competitors -- anything to boost employment.

Source: http://www.oregonlive.com

For the unemployed in areas heavily damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake, a government program to create long-term employment opportunities shines out like a beacon of hope amid a severe job market.

Source: http://www.asiaone.com/

The former Cabinet minister made the comment in a recent interview after a welfare ministry survey revealed in late March that 721 retired bureaucrats had received jobs at the "kosei nenkin kikin" funds as of March 1. The former civil servants accounted for about 10 percent of all staff at the funds.

Source: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/

Now that Bangladesh has its sea boundary with Myanmar demarcated, Japan’s Nippon Foundation has offered to help the country protect its maritime interests through development of human resources in the field.

Source: http://www.gulf-times.com