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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!

  • COVID-19 cuts jobs, boosts stocks, widening economic gap in Japan

    27 Mar 2021 14:32 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The coronavirus pandemic has brought significant economic impacts in Japan, with the widening gap between the rich and the poor being a prime example. The pandemic has cost many jobs, especially in the dining and travel industries, while stock and other asset markets are booming on the back of global monetary easing.

    Source: https://english.kyodonews.net/

  • Japan Firms Slow to Embrace Law Urging Employment until 70

    26 Mar 2021 14:27 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Tokyo, March 26 (Jiji Press)--The revised law for the stable employment of elderly workers is set to take effect in Japan next Thursday, the first day of April and fiscal 2021, obliging companies to make efforts to continue employing staff until they reach 70 years old.

    Source: https://www.nippon.com/

  • 80% of workers in Japan's creative industries have been harassed within last decade

    24 Mar 2021 15:54 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Many of the 1,195 people reporting abuse in the survey, which was conducted from December to January and covered 1,449 people, were women, young people or freelancers. Their areas of work ranged from anime and the fine arts, to movies and theater.

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

  • Ministry probes Japan's Kagawa University over 400 part-time lecturers on service contracts

    19 Mar 2021 14:08 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TAKAMATSU -- The education ministry has begun investigating Kagawa University in western Japan following the finding that it has left classes in the hands of about 400 part-time lecturers working under service contracts, university and other sources have disclosed.

    Source: https://mainichi.jp/

  • Japan Inc offers lowest pay rises in 8 years as pandemic bites

    17 Mar 2021 14:12 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese companies are offering the lowest wage increases in eight years as labour talks wrap up on Wednesday, in a sign the COVID-19 pandemic is putting an end to the benefits brought on by former premier Shinzo Abe’s stimulus policies.

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

  • Japan's media urged to address gender imbalance after Olympic sexism uproar

    08 Mar 2021 14:53 | JHRS (Administrator)

    After a public uproar over sexist remarks led to the resignation of the Tokyo Olympics chief in February, and prompted renewed calls for gender equality in Japan, the mass media industry is now facing questions over whether it can address an overwhelming dominance of male perspectives its own structure and output.

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

  • Japan adds female executives but they take only 8% of board seats

    08 Mar 2021 14:43 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Tokyo-- Japanese businesses have made progress in naming more women who have risen through the ranks to executive positions, but female participation in management still falls far short of levels in Western nations.

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

  • Japan jobless rate edges down despite COVID emergency

    02 Mar 2021 12:06 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan's jobless rate stood at 2.9% in January, compared with 3.0% in December, the Statistics Bureau said Tuesday, as strong government spending underpinned the economy amid a coronavirus state of emergency imposed since early in the year.

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

  • JAL to slash hiring of new graduates by 90% in 2022 due to pandemic

    25 Feb 2021 14:54 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan Airlines Co. said Thursday it will slash its hiring of new graduates in fiscal 2022 by 90% from the number that joined JAL group companies last spring, as the coronavirus pandemic is expected to continue putting pressure on travel demand.

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

  • Pandemic Leads to Fewer Japanese Companies Planning to Recruit Foreign Workers

    22 Feb 2021 14:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Recruitment and career development company Disco conducted a survey in December 2020 aimed at major companies in Japan, asking about hiring of highly qualified foreign workers. Of the 494 companies that responded, 35.4% recruited international students in 2020, indicating a slight increase from the previous year.

    Source: https://www.nippon.com/

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