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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!

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  • Japan's construction bottleneck hits $100bn as labor crunch deepens

    30 Jun 2025 10:21 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Backlogs in factory and commercial building projects are piling up across Japan, with unfilled orders soaring to an all-time high of more than 15 trillion yen ($103 billion).

    The construction slowdown, fueled by a chronic labor shortage, has intensified since last year, when new overtime limits further strained the sector's already thin workforce.

    Source: https://asia.nikkei.com


  • Japan to set up body to improve anime industry working conditions

    28 Jun 2025 03:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The industry ministry said Tuesday that it will set up a third-party organization to improve the working conditions of animation industry workers.

    The move is part of a five-year action plan aimed at boosting overseas sales of Japanese content such as manga and video games to ¥20 trillion ($138 billion) in 2033.

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

  • 7,000 Manufacturers Aim to Raise Wages for Foreign Workers with Specified Skilled Worker Status through New Association

    28 Jun 2025 03:23 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Thirty major industry associations in manufacturing sectors such as steel, electronics and textiles established a cross-industry human resources management organization to secure more highly skilled foreign workers to work in Japan.

    Source: https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp

  • DMW sends off 218 Filipino health workers to Japan

    12 Jun 2025 04:19 | JHRS (Administrator)

    MANILA – The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has sent off a total of 218 Filipino health workers bound for Japan.

    In a news release Thursday, Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said the deployment on Wednesday is proof of the growing strength of the two nations' relations, particularly in people-centered cooperation under the Philippines-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (PJEPA).

    Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph


  • 98% of new graduates in Japan are able to land jobs

    28 May 2025 05:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The employment rate for March 2025 graduates of higher educational institutions stood at 98% as of April 1, the second highest on record, Japanese government data showed Friday.

    The rate, only 0.1 percentage point shy of the current all-time high, marked a year earlier, tied with those for 2018 and 2020 graduates, according to the data, compiled jointly by the education and labor ministries.

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

  • Finances are tight for dual-income households too, survey finds

    20 May 2025 05:24 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Almost half of full-time workers whose spouses are working say they are struggling financially, according to a survey released Thursday by job-matching company Mynavi. Financial anxiety was more pronounced among households with children, whose average income was higher, at ¥9.01 million, but still fell short of the desired ¥12.47 million.

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

  • JDI Eyeing Cutting Over 1,000 Jobs in Japan

    20 May 2025 05:21 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Tokyo, May 15 (Jiji Press)--Japan Display Inc., a struggling maker of small and midsize liquid crystal display panels, is considering cutting over 1,000 jobs in the country out of its domestic workforce of about 2,700, people familiar with the matter said Thursday.

    The job cut is part of JDI’s restructuring efforts as the company posted a 10th consecutive year of net loss in the year ended in March 2024.

    Source: https://www.nippon.com

  • Japan’s hiring stays competitive as salaries and benefits fall short

    20 May 2025 05:17 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Hiring challenges persist in Japan as 87% of employers reported losing candidates in the past six months due to uncompetitive salaries and benefits, according to research from Morgan McKinley.

    In 2024, 97% of organizations found recruitment to be ‘Very’ or ‘Quite’ competitive, with key barriers expected to continue into 2025. Employee satisfaction with benefits remains low, with 57% of professionals feeling neutral or dissatisfied with their current packages.

    Source: https://www.staffingindustry.com


  • Japan's jobless rate in FY 2024 falls to 2.5% amid labor shortage

    20 May 2025 05:14 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO - Japan's average unemployment rate in fiscal 2024 fell 0.1 percentage point from a year earlier to 2.5 percent, marking the first improvement in two years, amid a labor shortage, government data showed Friday.

    In the fiscal year through March, the number of unemployed people decreased 30,000 to 1.75 million and the number of those with jobs grew 370,000 to 67.93 million, the highest level since comparable data became available in 1953, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said.

    Source : https://english.kyodonews.net

  • Disaster public housing complexes in Sendai work to boost interactions

    22 Apr 2025 05:21 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Fourteen years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, disaster public housing complexes are seeing more residents who are older and people who weren’t hit by the disaster moving in.

    Residents in such housing complexes in Sendai are working with volunteers to run a children’s cafeteria and organize other events to provide opportunities for people of different generations to strengthen ties within their community.

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


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