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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!

  • Tepco minutes reveal staff exodus concerns

    19 Jun 2013 12:57 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives spent dozens of meetings fretting about the utility’s future as hundreds of younger employees quit over salary cuts after the Fukushima No. 1 reactor meltdowns, according to minutes obtained by Bloomberg News.

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

  • Motivating workers to earn licenses reaps rewards

    18 Jun 2013 13:00 | JHRS (Administrator)

    To survive the prolonged recession, a growing number of companies have adopted systems to encourage employees to attain professional or specialist qualifications, hoping the investment will motivate them and that the new found expertise will help develop new products or business expansion.

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

  • Toyota to spare workers with young kids from night shifts

    07 Jun 2013 12:32 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Toyota Motor Corp. is planning to exempt factory workers with preschool-age children from working night shifts to support child care starting in September, sources said.

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

  • Japan Becoming Cheaper Place to Send Workers

    07 Jun 2013 12:27 | JHRS (Administrator)
    “It’s now cheaper, relatively, to employ staff in Japan and send staff there,” says Lee Quane, ECA’s Asia regional director, adding that he expects more banking and finance companies to be encouraged to add workers to the region. He also notes that it’s becoming more expensive for Japanese companies to send employees to certain locations overseas, as they now have to offer higher cost-of-living allowances.

    Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/

  • Temple University Japan, Sophia University to hold joint career fair in English

    06 Jun 2013 10:59 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ) and Sophia University will jointly hold an English-only career fair titled “Tokyo English Career Fair” on Wednesday June 19 at Sophia University.

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

  • Japan could add hundreds of billions to its GDP with more women in the workforce

    04 Jun 2013 10:50 | JHRS (Administrator)
    This month, prime minister Shinzo Abe will begin unveiling Japan’s “national growth strategy,” the structural reforms from the “third arrow” of Abenomics. This will include a crucial one: boosting female employment. Already, Abe has called on corporations to have at least one female executive per company (paywall). The government also plans to open 250,000 daycares over the next few years.

    Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/

  • April job availability best since July 2008

    31 May 2013 13:20 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Job availability improved in April to its best level in four years and nine months, as some companies became willing to hire more workers in expectation of an economic recovery, helping to keep the unemployment rate relatively low at 4.1 percent, the government said Friday.

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

  • Panasonic to cut 5,000 jobs over three years

    31 May 2013 12:06 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Struggling Japanese electronics giant Panasonic said Thursday it was aiming to cut about 5,000 jobs over three years in its automotive and industrial systems unit, following an eye-watering annual loss.

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

  • Top companies using banishment rooms to show employees the door

    30 May 2013 12:41 | JHRS (Administrator)

    With Japan's lifetime employment system in tatters, business circles are pushing to make it easier for companies to fire employees on full benefits who they view as lacking initiative and drive.

    Source: http://ajw.asahi.com

  • Gov't to ease immigration process for foreign professionals

    23 May 2013 11:47 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Under an automated system called “Trusted Traveler,” foreign business travelers who have been confirmed not to have any links to crime, would go through immigration much faster at unmanned automated gates, the Nikkei said. This system would be especially used by regular visitors to Japan, who have already had their fingerprints and passport data recorded.

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

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