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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 Dec jobless rate falls as monthly employment gain hits near 36-year high

    01 Feb 2022 12:45 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A gauge of job availability also rose. The jobs-to-applicants ratio was 1.16 in December, labour ministry data showed, up 0.01 point from the previous month's reading and matching a Reuters poll forecast of 1.16.

    Source: https://www.reuters.com/

  • Women's working hours underscore gender disparity in Japan

    20 Jan 2022 12:50 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- A gender gap is still strongly discernible in Japan's working environment with a bipolarization of working hours among female workers, casting a new shadow over the slowing growth of the Japanese economy.

    Source: https://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Japanese firms ramp up remote work amid omicron fears

    14 Jan 2022 14:27 | JHRS (Administrator)

    In a videoconference Thursday, economic revitalization minister Daishiro Yamagiwa, also in charge of the government’s measures against the virus, asked leaders of the country’s top three business lobbies, including the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, for stepped-up efforts to use remote work further in response to the worsening infection situation.

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

  • Yahoo Japan lets staff WFH – and flies hybrid workers into office

    13 Jan 2022 14:38 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Yahoo Japan will be giving their employees the freedom to work from anywhere in the country starting this April, according to reports, at the same time increasing the commuting budget for every employee per month. In a report from Bloomberg, the 8,000-strong workplace will be getting an increased commuter budget of JPY150,000 per worker, lifting the company' previous daily cap.

    Source: https://www.hcamag.com/

  • Japan’s Panasonic Joins Global Trend Toward Four-Day Week

    10 Jan 2022 14:29 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Panasonic’s move is in line with actions by technology companies worldwide that are trying to attract talent in a tight job market by offering a shorter week. Amazon.com Inc. piloted a four-day week for select employees in 2018, and consumer-goods giant Unilever Plc in December 2020 started a yearlong trial of the shortened week for its New Zealand staff. Countries such as Ireland and Iceland are also trying it out.

    Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/

  • Labour shortages in Japan overshadow economic recovery

    09 Jan 2022 14:34 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Despite a gradual improvement in Japan’s economic conditions, a labour shortage is slowly starting to bite in industries such as restaurants and manufacturing in which many people decided to switch jobs while on furlough amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

    Source: https://www.phnompenhpost.com/

  • Japan's unique recruitment system leaves foreign students behind

    09 Jan 2022 14:32 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- A woman in her 20s from Taiwan who had finished her two years at a Japanese graduate school in March landed a new job with a foreign-affiliated company in Tokyo in December. She finally was able to work in finance, as she wanted -- but two years behind other students in her academic year who were already pursuing their own careers.

    Source: https://asia.nikkei.com/

  • 18% of Japan’s companies plan to raise salaries by 3% or more

    03 Jan 2022 14:23 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Raising pay is one of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s key policy objectives, with the prime minister tweaking tax laws to benefit companies which implement pay hikes.

    Source: https://hrmasia.com/

  • More workers in Japan leaving their jobs for better ones

    29 Dec 2021 14:17 | JHRS (Administrator)

    In November, the total number of unemployed people increased by 100,000 from the previous month to 1.92 million, rising for the first time in three months, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said.

    Source: https://hrmasia.com/

  • Japan's college graduate employment rate down for second year amid pandemic

    26 Dec 2021 14:26 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A total of 74.2% of those who graduated from college in Japan this March found jobs, down 3.5 percentage points from the previous year for the second straight yearly fall amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to government data.

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

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