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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!

  • Labor crunch risks derailing Japan's stumbling economic recovery

    29 Jul 2022 15:42 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan has more job vacancies than applicants, making it a great place to be a job hunter. But a chronic labor shortage, in a country with a shrinking working-age population, is weighing on the prospects for a recovery from the pandemic-induced slowdown.

    Source: https://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Japan firms start providing 'inflation allowance' to workers

    27 Jul 2022 15:43 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Companies in Japan are starting to provide “inflation allowance” to employees, in a bid to alleviate workers’ concerns about rising food, electricity and gasoline prices and allow them to focus on work.

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


  • Companies in Japan allow employees to postpone retirement

    25 Jul 2022 15:40 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Law on Stabilisation of Employment of Elderly Persons, which requires companies to allow their employees to work until age 65, was amended in April 2021 to encourage businesses to secure opportunities for their employees to work until they reach 70.

    Source: https://hrmasia.com/

  • Over 80% of university seniors in Japan secure job offers

    18 Jul 2022 19:20 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A total of 83.3 percent of university seniors in Japan who are scheduled to graduate next March have secured job offers as of July 1, with the figure almost recovering to pre-pandemic levels, a recent survey found.

    Source: https://japantoday.com/

  • Japan's small cities to draw foreign talent with fast-track residency

    18 Jul 2022 19:16 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan will make it easier to bring in talented foreign workers to regions outside the metropolitan areas by offering a fast-track path to permanent residency.

    Source: https://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Goldman’s womenomics stocks languish in inflation-scared Japan

    13 Jul 2022 19:41 | JHRS (Administrator)

    More than two decades after Goldman Sachs Group first championed womenomics in Japan, a basket of shares focusing on the trend is languishing, having hit an all-time relative low in the stock market last month.

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



  • As Japan looks to raise minimum wage, firms say they’ll struggle to pay it

    01 Jul 2022 19:07 | JHRS (Administrator)

    With soaring import costs prompting companies to mark up prices, and in the process putting financial pressure on households, it’s becoming more and more crucial that Japan creates momentum toward wage growth.

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

  • Japan to recommend that companies disclose side-job policies

    28 Jun 2022 17:03 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s health ministry presented a draft plan on Monday to recommend companies to disclose their policies on whether they allow employees to have side jobs and the conditions for giving them permission.

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

  • Japan firms that embraced remote work rediscover value of the office

    28 Jun 2022 17:00 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Outspoken entrepreneur Elon Musk sparked controversy earlier this month when he told Tesla employees they needed to come to the office for at least 40 hours per week or would be expected to leave the company.

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

  • Office Staff Work in Dark as Japan Extends Power-Saving Push

    28 Jun 2022 16:58 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s government called for Tokyo residents to continue conserving electricity by switching off the lights as forecasts for further scorching heat threaten to put more pressure on the grid.

    Source: https://www.bloomberg.com

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