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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!

  • With stagnant minimum wage, a ‘decent life’ is out of reach

    09 Jun 2017 12:58 | JHRS (Administrator)

    One of the bedrock principles of market economics is that as demand for labor goes up, so do wages. Lately, there has been evidence that this idea may no longer be true.

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

  • Japan's young job hunters enjoy a seller's market

    08 Jun 2017 13:01 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO--Tokyo's central business district was the scene of an annual ritual on the morning of June 1, the first "official" day of job interviews, as students clad in black suits streamed into the offices of big companies.

    Source: http://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Over 60% of Japanese students graduating next spring have job offers

    07 Jun 2017 13:02 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan's businesses are lunging to hire fresh college graduates amid a labor shortage, with three in five students graduating next spring having already secured preliminary job offers.

    Source: http://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Japan's small companies make big push to land recruits

    02 Jun 2017 14:29 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Small and midsize businesses in Japan are scrambling to attract talented college students who graduate next March, as they face increasingly tough competition from larger companies amid the tightest labor market in decades.

    Source: http://asia.nikkei.com/

  • The young Japanese working themselves to death

    02 Jun 2017 14:23 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan has some of the longest working hours in the world, and some young Japanese workers are literally working themselves to death. Now there are calls for the government to do more.

    Source: http://www.bbc.com/

  • Japan’s big firms kick off job interviews with 2018 recruits

    01 Jun 2017 14:27 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s top firms started holding interviews and examinations Thursday as they kicked off their annual recruitment drive for university students expected to graduate in spring 2018.

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

  • Japan Inc. steps up hunt for full-time workers

    31 May 2017 14:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japanese companies are increasing hiring of full-time employees as they scramble to secure workers amid a labor shortage, raising hopes that the tight demand will translate to higher wages.

    Source: http://asia.nikkei.com/

  • In Japan, single mothers struggle with poverty and a ‘culture of shame’

    28 May 2017 14:13 | JHRS (Administrator)
    OSAKA, Japan — The country suffered a “lost decade,” and then another one, after its bubble burst some 25 years ago. To this day, despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to reinvigorate it, Japan’s economy remains in the doldrums.


    Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/


  • To reduce work stress, Japan firms turn to office cats, dogs and goats

    25 May 2017 14:15 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Workaholic Japan is known for long office hours and stressed-out employees, but one company claims to have a cure: cats. A total of nine fluffy felines eat, sleep and walk freely in the small office of IT firm Ferray in Tokyo.

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

  • Japan’s shrinking population: Aging nation faces shortage of workers

    21 May 2017 14:10 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan is the world’s senior citizen. Decades of improving life expectancy and falling birth rates have produced a rapidly aging and shrinking population. The demographic shift is threatening the existence of rural communities, contributing to a ballooning public debt and starving the economy of labor.

    Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/

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