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  • Japan's real wages fall 0.3% in Nov., down for 4th straight month

    09 Jan 2025 15:04 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO - Japan's real wages fell 0.3 percent in November from a year earlier, marking the fourth consecutive monthly decline, as pay growth failed to keep pace with rising prices, government data showed Thursday.

    Nominal wages, or the average total monthly cash earnings per worker including base and overtime pay, increased 3.0 percent to 305,832 yen ($1,900), rising for the 35th straight month, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

    Source: https://english.kyodonews.net

  • Japan's new workforce prioritises work-life balance, decline in 'Karoshi'

    09 Jan 2025 15:02 | JHRS (Administrator)

    For years, Japan’s work culture has been defined by long hours, relentless pressure, and the toll it takes on workers’ well-being. But now, a shift is taking place that could change the course of Japan’s workforce forever.

    According to a report by the South China Morning Post, a new generation of Japanese workers is opting for shorter hours, and in doing so, they are hoping that the tragic phenomenon of ‘karoshi’ — deaths caused by overwork — could finally be on the decline.

    Source: https://www.business-standard.com


  • Japanese firms hire foreigners to address labour shortages

    03 Jan 2025 04:23 | JHRS (Administrator)

    In the multiple-response survey, 56.8 % of companies said foreign workers were employed with the expectation that they will perform as well or better than Japanese staff, while 18.5 % pointed to efforts to promote diversity, according to the labour ministry survey released earlier this week.

    The survey of companies with foreign workers that have five or more employees, conducted in October and November 2023, received responses from 3,534 businesses and 11,629 workers, the report said.

    Source: https://www.nationthailand.com

  • Mind the labor gap: Worker crunch piles pressure on small-town Japan

    23 Dec 2024 02:09 | JHRS (Administrator)

    INO, Kochi Prefecture--Over the last decade, Masato Shiota brought his papermaking business back from the brink, paying down debt and buying machinery to automate some production. But he struggles to find workers to keep output at full capacity.

    Source: https://www.asahi.com

  • Facing Labor Crisis, Japan Hopes for Indonesian Workers' Assistance

    16 Dec 2024 14:06 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Japan Association for Construction Human Resources (JAC) admitted that it really hopes for help from workers from neighboring countries, including Indonesia, in overcoming the labor crisis in the country.

    "The elderly in Japan are more numerous than the young, which means that there are very few young workers, so we really hope for help from manpower from neighboring countries in particular, one of which is Indonesia," said JAC project head Naoya Shikano, in Jakarta, Wednesday to Antara.

    Source: https://en.tempo.co

  • Tokyo government to introduce four-day workweek for its employees

    16 Dec 2024 14:05 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Tokyo government plans to introduce a four-day workweek for its employees in an attempt to support young families and boost record-low fertility rates nationwide.

    Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike announced that starting in April, employees of the metropolitan government will have the option to take three days off each week.

    Source: https://www.nbcnews.com


  • Japan labor ministry to mandate companies to disclose ratio of female managers

    27 Nov 2024 23:31 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's labor ministry has proposed mandating companies with at least 101 workers to disclose the ratio of women in managerial posts.

    A ministry survey in the fiscal year that ended in March showed that women accounted for 12.7 percent of those at the level of section chief or higher. That is low by international standards.

    Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp

  • Japan to hold 1st memorial for Korean forced labor victims at Sado mine

    22 Nov 2024 10:23 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The first official memorial ceremony honoring Korean victims of forced labor at the gold mines on Sado Island during Japan's colonial rule from 1910 to 1945 will be held in Sado on Sunday, attended by South Korean and Japanese government officials and bereaved families of the victims.


    Source: https://news.koreaherald.com

  • Japan to ban employees from working for 14 consecutive days

    14 Nov 2024 20:20 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's health ministry is planning to ban employees from working for 14 consecutive days or more, a move aimed at improving workers' mental health and tackling the nation’s infamous overwork problem.

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

  • Vietnamese woman arrested for illegal employment of staff at five bars in Tokyo

    14 Nov 2024 20:16 | JHRS (Administrator)

    An employee who submitted a fake residency card told the police she had studied at a Japanese-language school, but was dismissed because she could not pay the tuition. She added she wanted to earn money to send to her family.

    Investigators suspect the five bars have earned sales of more than 400 million yen, or about 2.6 million dollars, since 2019.

    Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp


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