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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 to provide subsidies to companies and employees affected by Noto quake

    13 Jan 2024 02:53 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Companies forced to downsize operations due to the earthquake are eligible for employment adjustment subsidies. The ministry has announced it will raise the subsidy rate to a maximum of 80 percent of the absence allowance that companies pay to their employees.

    Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp

  • More Japanese companies move to rehire former employees

    01 Jan 2024 04:10 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A growing number of Japanese companies are moving to rehire former employees who have quit before retirement age — a move aimed at securing work-ready personnel amid serious labor shortages crippling the country.

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

  • Japan's November job availability falls to 16-month low amid inflation

    01 Jan 2024 04:08 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO - Japan's job availability ratio for November fell 0.02 point from the previous month to 1.28, a level not seen since July last year, as persistently high prices weighed on recruitment activities in some service sectors, government data showed Tuesday.

    Separate data showed the country's unemployment rate, meanwhile, stood at 2.5 percent in the reporting month, unchanged from the previous month.

    Source: https://english.kyodonews.net


  • Japan’s Labor Demand Holds Steady in Positive Sign for Wages

    01 Jan 2024 04:02 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s labor market remained relatively tight in November, keeping pressure on employers to boost pay in order to fill positions as companies prepare to engage in annual wage negotiations with unions.

    Source: https://www.bloomberg.com

  • Japanese inn turns to tourists to ease labor shortage

    01 Jan 2024 03:45 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The holiday travel rush in Japan is worsening labor shortages around the country, especially in the tourism industry. But one inn has come up with a unique system to ease the effects of the problem.

    A rickshaw tour business in Asakusa lost nearly half of its drivers during the coronavirus pandemic. Some have returned, but the staff is still about 20 percent smaller than its pre-pandemic size.

    Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp

  • 77.2 pct of high school students in Japan secure job offers

    17 Dec 2023 23:20 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO, Dec,16, 2023 (BSS/Xinhua) - A total of 77.2 percent of high school students in Japan who are scheduled to graduate next spring have received job offers by the end of October, a recent survey has found.

    The Japanese education ministry survey showed Friday that the figure was up 1.1 percentage points from a year earlier.


    Source: https://www.bssnews.net


  • Number of 'spot workers' surges in Japan amid labor shortage

    17 Dec 2023 20:55 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The ranks of "spot workers" — who engage in work during their free time, balancing it with their primary jobs and household responsibilities — are increasing rapidly in Japan.

    The work style has gained popularity due to the flexibility it offers: Individuals can choose when and where to work through dedicated apps.

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


  • Labor-rich Indonesia aims to send 100,000 workers to aging Japan

    15 Dec 2023 13:30 | JHRS (Administrator)

    JAKARTA -- Indonesia says it plans to send 100,000 workers to Japan over the next five years, helping Tokyo ease a pressing labor shortage as the population of the world's No. 3 economy ages.

    The Southeast Asian nation's manpower ministry and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) held their first joint human resources forum in Jakarta on Nov. 28, drawing over 200 attendees including Indonesian government officials and representatives from Japanese industries ranging from the auto sector to tourism and nursing care.

    Source: https://asia.nikkei.com


  • Japan facilities for disabled people face serious labor shortages

    14 Dec 2023 20:51 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Facilities for people with disabilities in Japan are facing severe labor shortages, a recent survey by a group supporting disabled people showed, affected by low wages and a shrinking workforce in the graying country.

    Only 53.5% of openings for regular employees were filled at such facilities in fiscal 2022, far below the average of 81.3% at private firms and government institutions hiring new graduates this year, Kyosaren said.

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



  • Foreign workers in Japan can switch jobs in 1 to 2 years under plan

    01 Dec 2023 03:16 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Foreign workers in a new international trainee program that Japan plans to launch may be able to switch jobs after up to two years, according to a new proposal published by an expert government panel Wednesday.

    Japan is currently designing a replacement for the troubled technical intern program, which has come under fire for low pay and labor abuses. Among the chief complaints are that interns cannot move to a different employer except under extraordinary circumstances.

    Source: https://asia.nikkei.com

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