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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 labor ministry to mandate companies to disclose ratio of female managers

    27 Nov 2024 23:31 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's labor ministry has proposed mandating companies with at least 101 workers to disclose the ratio of women in managerial posts.

    A ministry survey in the fiscal year that ended in March showed that women accounted for 12.7 percent of those at the level of section chief or higher. That is low by international standards.

    Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp

  • Japan to hold 1st memorial for Korean forced labor victims at Sado mine

    22 Nov 2024 10:23 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The first official memorial ceremony honoring Korean victims of forced labor at the gold mines on Sado Island during Japan's colonial rule from 1910 to 1945 will be held in Sado on Sunday, attended by South Korean and Japanese government officials and bereaved families of the victims.


    Source: https://news.koreaherald.com

  • Japan to ban employees from working for 14 consecutive days

    14 Nov 2024 20:20 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's health ministry is planning to ban employees from working for 14 consecutive days or more, a move aimed at improving workers' mental health and tackling the nation’s infamous overwork problem.

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

  • Vietnamese woman arrested for illegal employment of staff at five bars in Tokyo

    14 Nov 2024 20:16 | JHRS (Administrator)

    An employee who submitted a fake residency card told the police she had studied at a Japanese-language school, but was dismissed because she could not pay the tuition. She added she wanted to earn money to send to her family.

    Investigators suspect the five bars have earned sales of more than 400 million yen, or about 2.6 million dollars, since 2019.

    Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp


  • Japan to share entry costs, ease job-changing restrictions for Vietnamese workers

    14 Nov 2024 20:14 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan is set to reduce entry costs and ease restrictions for Vietnamese workers under a new initiative, enabling shared departure expenses and more flexible job transfers to enhance migrant work conditions.

    Source: https://e.vnexpress.net

  • Workers in Japan can’t quit their jobs. They hire resignation experts to help

    24 Oct 2024 22:01 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TokyoCNN — Yuki Watanabe used to spend 12 hours every day toiling away in the office. And that’s considered a short day.

    A typical 9-to-9 workday is the bare minimum. “The latest I would leave [the office] would be 11 p.m.,” said the 24-year-old, who used to work for some of Japan’s largest telecoms and e-payment companies.

    Source: https://edition.cnn.com


  • One in 6 workers in Japan use resignation agencies to change jobs

    24 Oct 2024 21:56 | JHRS (Administrator)

    In Japan, 1 in 6 workers used resignation agencies to change their jobs in the year through June, employment information provider Mynavi said in a survey report Thursday.

    The survey showed that 16.6% of respondents who changed their jobs used such agencies, which perform resignation procedures on their behalf.

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

  • Japan mulls mandatory anti-harassment steps for job-hunting students

    24 Oct 2024 21:53 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO - Japan's labor ministry is considering making it mandatory for companies to take measures to prevent sexual harassment toward students searching for jobs, a source close to the matter said Tuesday.

    Possible measures include establishing rules for interviews between students and company officials, as well as creating an inquiry counter for harassment cases. The government aims to submit a bill during next year's ordinary Diet session to amend related laws.

    Source: https://english.kyodonews.net

  • Japan Labor Shortage Seen Expanding to 3.84 M. Workers in 2035

    20 Oct 2024 02:29 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan's labor shortage will reach 17.75 million hours per day in 2035, equivalent to 3.84 million workers, an estimate by Persol Research and Consulting Co. and Chuo University showed on Thursday.

    The labor shortage is estimated to expand 1.85-fold from 2023, reflecting a decline in working hours per person as a result of work style reform and other initiatives, despite an increase in the number of workers.

    Source: https://www.nippon.com

  • Japan records highest number of bankruptcies in a decade as costs rise

    14 Oct 2024 01:14 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan saw the highest number of bankruptcies since 2013 in the six months through September, as companies were increasingly hit by rising costs.

    Some 4,990 firms went bankrupt in that period, increasing 18.6% from the previous year, according to a report by Teikoku Databank on Tuesday. The number of firms going under in Japan has continued to increase since the second half of the year ending March 2022.

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


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