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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 ruling party eyes foreign workers for financial sector

    17 Jun 2020 20:04 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is drafting a proposal to attract high-skilled workers from abroad for Tokyo’s financial sector, the lawmaker heading the LDP’s committee on foreign labourers said on Wednesday.

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

  • Hiring rate in Japan for new graduates hits 98% to match record

    12 Jun 2020 19:34 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The hiring rate for those who graduated from university this spring stood at 98 percent as of April 1, up 0.4 percentage point from a year earlier and matching the record high set two years ago, the labor and education ministries said Friday.

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

  • 5,000 nonregular workers in Japan laid off due to coronavirus fallout

    09 Jun 2020 19:40 | JHRS (Administrator)

    An estimated 4,943 nonregular workers had been laid off or were expected to be laid off in Japan due to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic as of last Friday, more than double the figure from a week earlier, data released by the labor ministry showed Tuesday.

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

  • Travel restriction poses challenges for Japanese firms with international workforce

    05 Jun 2020 19:39 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Companies with many foreign workers are struggling with Japan’s strict entry restriction imposed on foreign nationals aimed at curtailing the spread of the coronavirus, throwing cold water on its attempt to lure global talent, especially high-skilled professionals, amid a workforce shortage in the graying nation.

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  • How the coronavirus is changing working styles in Japan

    03 Jun 2020 15:23 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The coronavirus pandemic has opened people's eyes in Japan to the possibility of new working styles where working from home, staggered work hours, and even four-day workweeks could become the norm.

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

  • Single moms in Japan losing jobs due to virus crisis struggle to support their kids

    03 Jun 2020 15:20 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- The coronavirus crisis is having a direct impact on workers in vulnerable positions in Japan, such as people rearing children or those who don't have permanent employment arrangements.

    Source: https://mainichi.jp/

  • 6 million workers on leave in Japan as coronavirus takes toll

    30 May 2020 15:24 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- A record 5.97 million Japanese people were employed but not working last month, official data released Friday shows, as the private and public sectors try to shield workers from the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

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

  • Japan's elderly workers, once key to Abenomics, suffer as pandemic closes businesses

    22 May 2020 15:26 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Reuters) - On a recent Saturday in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district more than 100 people, many of them elderly men, stood close together in a long queue waiting for food hand-outs.

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

  • Coronavirus might cost Japan over 1 million jobs, economists say

    14 May 2020 15:18 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The coronavirus is strangling the nation’s labor market, which just months ago was in desperate need of manpower, and may end up leaving a gaping scar.

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

  • Foreign workers in Japan hit hard by virus job losses need more help: support groups

    08 May 2020 12:58 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Employment conditions for Japan's foreign residents, many of whom work in nonpermanent or fixed-term positions, have continually worsened as the economy is taking a battering from the effects of the novel coronavirus. 


    Source: https://mainichi.jp/

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