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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!

  • Samsung Electronics Japan to lay off 100 employees

    30 Oct 2015 17:33 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Samsung Electronics Japan will cut payroll by 25% this year, seeking to improve profitability in a maturing smartphone market by holding down fixed costs while launching new handsets.

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

  • Japan’s job availability jumps to highest level in 23 years

    30 Oct 2015 17:31 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s job availability continued to improve for the third straight month in September to hit its highest level in over 23 years, further indicating that companies need more workers, the government said Friday.

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

  • Despite labor crunch, Japanese firms slow to accept disabled applicants

    29 Oct 2015 17:36 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Law graduate Yusuke Hatsuse says he thought his college degree and national sports success would make him an attractive recruit for Japan’s best-known employers. When none invited him for interviews, he applied for virtually every job he could find.

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

  • Job screenings being moved up to June

    25 Oct 2015 12:35 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) plans to change its recruitment guidelines to move up the start of job screenings of university students expected to join the workforce in spring 2017. The plan calls for allowing companies to begin such activities centered around June of the students’ senior year, up from August.

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

  • More Japanese firms adopting start-early, leave-early programs

    19 Oct 2015 13:28 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japanese workers are increasingly being urged to move up their working hours as employers seek to improve efficiency, cut overtime pay and promote a healthier lifestyle for employees.

    Source: http://www.japantoday.com/

  • Weaker yen boosts local employment

    19 Oct 2015 13:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The recent boost in domestic production among some Japanese manufacturers has been mainly attributed to the weak yen, which has caused import prices of Japanese products produced overseas to rise and an increase in labor costs in emerging countries where Japanese companies have built production bases.

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

  • Big business steps up hiring of college grads

    19 Oct 2015 12:34 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Major Japanese companies have offered more jobs to university seniors this year than they hired this past spring, marking a fifth consecutive year of growth, a new Nikkei survey shows.

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

  • Ensure greater use of paid holidays by heightening work efficiency

    18 Oct 2015 13:26 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Let us work efficiently and take sufficient days off. To rectify the practice of working long hours and ensure a work-life balance, it is of key importance to boost the average percentage of paid days off taken per employee.

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

  • Telecommuting benefits chipping away at corporate barriers

    11 Oct 2015 12:53 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Software maker Infoteria Corp., based in Tokyo, expanded its telecommuting system in August during a record-breaking hot spell. The arrangement allows employees to work from home on days when the Meteorological Agency forecasts temperatures of 35 degrees or higher by 5 a.m.

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

  • Pay for workers in Japan up 0.5 percent in August

    04 Oct 2015 13:17 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The average monthly pay among workers in Japan in August rose 0.5 percent from a year earlier to ¥272,382 ($2,270), up for the second consecutive month, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said in a preliminary report on Monday.

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

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