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This news service contains Japan-related HR news that matter in a nutshell. Guaranteed less than 50 words linked back to its original news source. Great for busy HR pros like you!

  • Japan workers' wages rise in positive sign for consumer spending

    06 Oct 2017 18:11 | JHRS (Administrator)

    [TOKYO] Wages of Japanese workers rose in August from a year earlier, reversing from the previous month's decline, in a sign of a gradual pick-up in workers' income amid a tightening labour market.

    Source: http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/

  • Japan’s airports plan to open more day care centers on-site to promote employee retention

    06 Oct 2017 18:07 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Airport operators in Japan are looking to open day care centers at their facilities in an effort to keep airline and airport staff from leaving their jobs after having children.

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

  • Ceremonies for new employees held

    03 Oct 2017 18:06 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Major businesses on Monday held ceremonies for university students and graduates to whom they have made offers of employment next spring.

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

  • Japanese companies struggle to hire, retain staff as labor shortage worsens

    03 Oct 2017 13:29 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Companies in Japan’s service industries are struggling to hire and retain staff as the labor market becomes the tightest in decades, and are increasingly taking unorthodox steps to alleviate the shortage.

    Source: http://www.reuters.com/

  • Japan's manufacturing employment hits 7-year high

    30 Sep 2017 13:28 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japanese manufacturing-sector employment averaged more than 10 million workers from January to August, exceeding that mark for the first time since 2010 as companies bring more production home while exports recover on a mild global economic recovery.

    Source: https://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Japan to open more agriculture jobs to foreign trainees

    22 Sep 2017 13:26 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan will offer workers from overseas on-the-job training in processing agricultural goods, seeking to relieve a labor shortage for employers that increasingly handle aspects of the farming business beyond producing.

    Source: https://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Hokkaido ‘workations’ breathe fresh air into telecommuting

    21 Sep 2017 15:14 | JHRS (Administrator)

    SHARI, HOKKAIDO – With a view of Mount Shari in the distance and an ocean breeze wafting in from the Sea of Okhotsk, working in this coastal community in northeastern Hokkaido is certainly an escape from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo.

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

  • Japanese firms boost measures to promote employee health, enhancing their image in the process

    20 Sep 2017 15:13 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Some companies are ramping up efforts to maintain and improve the health of their employees, such as sending them to remote health resorts where they can learn beneficial exercise techniques and other strategies to improve their daily lives.

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

  • Non-regular workers rate rises to 37%

    20 Sep 2017 15:12 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Non-regular workers accounted for 37.2 percent of overall employees in Japan in 2016, up 2.8 percentage points from 2011, the labor ministry said Tuesday.

    Source: http://www.the-japan-news.com

  • Japan considers easing residency requirements for foreign students in anime, design and food industries

    18 Sep 2017 16:58 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government is discussing plans to relax residency requirements for foreign students in Japan studying anime, design and culinary professions to make it easier for them to find jobs here after graduation, sources said.

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

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