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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's midcareer hires jump to 37% of all new jobs: survey

    27 Apr 2023 21:29 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japanese companies will fill 37.6% of job openings with midcareer hires this fiscal year, a Nikkei study shows, the share representing the largest-ever shift away from Japan's traditional lifetime employment model.

    Responses collected from 2,308 major companies indicate that 94,430 midcareer candidates will be hired in the year through March 2024.

    Source: https://asia.nikkei.com

  • Labor shortage prompts Japan to fix neglected intern system

    14 Apr 2023 01:51 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- A government panel of experts has proposed the abolition of the Technical Intern Training Program for foreign workers, citing a wide gap between its ideal of international contribution and actual practice as a way to alleviate an acute labor shortage. The proposal is expected to prompt the Japanese government to consider a new system to address the shortage through using foreign workers.

    Source: https://asia.nikkei.com

  • Foreign Workers in Japan Find Steady Employment a Boon, Seniority System a Drawback

    14 Apr 2023 01:38 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Originator, an employment company helping foreign students find jobs in Japan through its information website Ryūkatsu, recently conducted a survey targeting its registered members employed at companies in Japan. Respondents were asked about the merits of working in Japan, with multiple responses possible, and the majority, at 54.0%, answered “steady employment.” This was more than double the response for the second most mentioned benefit of being “able to do the work you want” at 25.8%. With the outlook for the global economy still uncertain, it seems that long-term employment, prevalent among Japanese companies, holds appeal for foreign employees.

    Source: https://www.nippon.com

  • Wage hikes boost consumer confidence in Japan

    11 Apr 2023 18:26 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Expectations of the biggest pay raises in decades have given a solid boost to consumer confidence in Japan. That's the findings of a recent government survey.

    The Consumer Confidence Index for households of two or more people came to 33.9 in March. That's up 2.6 points from the previous month and the sharpest rise since June 2021.

    Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp


  • Japan real wages extend fall in challenge for next BOJ chief

    08 Apr 2023 00:24 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japanese workers’ real wages have fallen for the 11th straight month despite a government push for higher pay, highlighting the challenge awaiting incoming Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda.

    Real cash earnings for Japan’s workers dropped 2.6% from a year earlier in February, matching economists’ forecast, the labor ministry reported Friday. The data is watched closely because many expect stronger pay data to prompt the BOJ, under its new chief, to consider ending its ultraeasy policy.

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


  • Japan to face 11 million worker shortfall by 2040, study finds

    31 Mar 2023 03:11 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan may face a shortage of more than 11 million workers by 2040, a study has found, underscoring the economic challenges the nation faces as its population ages rapidly.

    The working age population is expected to rapidly decline from 2027, according to the study by independent think tank Recruit Works Institute, published Tuesday. The worker supply is expected to shrink by about 12% in 2040 from 2022, even as labor demand remains steady, the report said.


  • Japan wants 85 percent of male workers to take paternity leave. But fathers are too afraid to take it

    27 Mar 2023 04:22 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japanese authorities have widely promoted the term in the past decade to combat the country’s notoriously long working hours that have not only deprived workaholic fathers of family time and stay-home mothers of careers, but have helped drive the birth rate to one of the lowest in the world.

    To seize the “last chance to reverse” the situation, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last week unveiled a raft of policies, including boosts to child support and a pledge to lift the number of male workers taking paternity leave from the current 14 percent to 50 percent by 2025, and 85 percent by 2030.

    Source: https://edition.cnn.com

  • Over 30％ of Major Japanese Firms Plan to Hire More Graduates

    27 Mar 2023 04:17 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Over 30% of major Japanese firms plan to hire more new graduates in spring 2024 than this spring, a Jiji Press survey showed Thursday.

    Competition for human resources is intensifying amid a recovery in economic activity from the COVID-19 crisis, while concerns about the country’s declining population and shortages of information technology personnel are growing.

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


  • Japan's growing part-time employment weighs on wages

    27 Mar 2023 04:15 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Part-time employment has been increasing in Japan over the last quarter century, a trend hindering strong growth in wages and prompting calls for legislative action to improve the treatment of those workers.

    The country had 21.01 million non-regular workers in 2022, up roughly 260,000 from a year earlier, according to the government's labor force survey, with regular employees increasing just 10,000 to 35.88 million.

    Source: https://asia.nikkei.com


  • Japan’s real wages experiences biggest drop in almost a decade

    13 Mar 2023 02:21 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Despite the government’s efforts to push for higher pay, real wages for employees has continued to fall because of inflation.


    Inflation is continuing to outpace wage gains in Japan, with real cash earnings for employees falling by 4.1% from January 2022, marking a 10th consecutive month of decline, reported Japan’s Labour Ministry.

    Source: https://hrmasia.com

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