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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 jobless rate down to 4.3% in August

    30 Sep 2011 11:37 | JHRS (Administrator)
    TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's jobless rate stood at 4.3 per cent in August, down 0.4 percentage points from the previous month, the government said Friday.

  • Scores of ex-bureaucrats landed cushy jobs at TEPCO, linked to lax nuclear safety rules

    28 Sep 2011 12:44 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) had more than 50 retired bureaucrats working for the utility firm as of the end of August -- a widespread practice in Japan called "amakudari," or "descent from heaven" -- the Mainichi has learned, and former bureaucrats acknowledged that cozy ties between the government and utility firms were a key factor behind the country's lax rules governing nuclear power generation.

    Source: http://mdn.mainichi.jp

  • Tepco reform plan calls for axing 7,400 jobs: Yomiuri

    28 Sep 2011 12:40 | JHRS (Administrator)
    TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co <9501.T> will be advised to cut 7,400 jobs, or about 14 percent of its full-time employees, by March 2014 as part of a plan to help it pay compensation for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Wednesday.

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com

  • Tepco considers job cuts as part of restructuring plan

    23 Sep 2011 11:22 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), the owner of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, is considering cutting thousands of jobs. Reports say Tepco has told a government backed committee that it may cut as many as 5,000 jobs or 10% of its workforce.

    Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk

  • Fear for jobs ignites "English crisis" in Japan

    22 Sep 2011 18:03 | JHRS (Administrator)
    TOKYO (Reuters) - It's eight in the morning in a Tokyo office building, and a dozen middle-aged Japanese businessmen sit inside small booths, sweating as they try to talk English to the instructors in front of them.

    Source: http://au.news.yahoo.com

  • Infosys employees support Japan earthquake victims

    22 Sep 2011 10:51 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Tokyo - Infosys Limited announced a donation of JPY 20,105,541 (US$ 259,695) towards relief and rebuilding efforts for the victims of the 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku in Japan. The contributions have been made voluntarily by 133,500 Infosys employees belonging to 88 different nationalities from across the globe.

    Source: http://www.consultant-news.com

  • Employment of new grads could hit record low following quake and tsunami

    20 Sep 2011 11:07 | JHRS (Administrator)
    The post-graduation job hunt by university students has been prolonged this year in part because of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and the employment rate for graduating students in fiscal 2011 could end up being the worst on record.

    Source: http://mdn.mainichi.jp

  • Japan may set up nuclear safety training institute

    13 Sep 2011 11:00 | JHRS (Administrator)
    TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will consider setting up a nuclear safety training institute to improve the quality of human resources involved in nuclear safety, according to an updated government report on the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

    Source: http://mdn.mainichi.jp

  • Business Programs Transform Japan Offices

    11 Sep 2011 10:58 | JHRS (Administrator)
    TOKYO — As a young sales manager at a leading Japanese department store company, Masayuki Miyake struggled to find the middle ground between frontline sales workers who did their best to please their customers and the higher-ups who were intent on trimming costs.

    Source: http://www.nytimes.com

  • Japan airport worker posts Obama flight

    10 Sep 2011 11:04 | JHRS (Administrator)
    TOKYO (AP) — An air traffic controller at Tokyo's Haneda Airport faces possible punishment after posting confidential information on his blog, including the flight plan for President Barack Obama's visit to Japan last year, news reports said Saturday.

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com

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