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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!

  • Pandemic recession evokes fears of new lost generation in Japan

    18 Apr 2020 16:28 | JHRS (Administrator)

    OSAKA -- The economic upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic risks creating another lost generation of young Japanese job seekers graduating into a deeply scarred economy.

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

  • Japan’s big manufacturers to keep workers amid virus

    17 Apr 2020 16:48 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO: Japan’s large manufacturers will likely keep many of their workers on payrolls even though the coronavirus pandemic has dented automotive, electronics, metal and basic industries, the chief of the Japan Council of Metalworkers’ Unions said.

    Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/

  • Coronavirus hits hiring in Japan's crucial manufacturing sector

    03 Apr 2020 13:12 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The spread of the new coronavirus has begun to affect employment in Japan's critical manufacturing sector and is likely to put significant downward pressure on the economy.

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

  • Japan enacts legislation to facilitate employment until age 70

    01 Apr 2020 13:08 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO--The Diet enacted legislation on Tuesday to spur businesses to let employees work until age 70, in a bid to increase its working population to cover rising social security costs amid an aging and shrinking population.

    Source: https://japantoday.com/

  • More than 1,000 workers may lose jobs in Japan due to virus spread

    31 Mar 2020 13:10 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The number of workers in Japan who are expected to be fired or see their employment contracts not renewed due to the fallout from the outbreak of the new coronavirus is projected to total 1,021, the labor ministry said Tuesday.

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

  • 13% of employees in Japan telecommuting due to coronavirus

    24 Mar 2020 18:12 | JHRS (Administrator)

    About 13 percent of company employees across Japan are working remotely as part of measures to prevent the further spread of the novel coronavirus, the first time for almost half of them, according to the results of a study by a Tokyo-based think tank.

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

  • Japan pushes male public servants to take longer paternity leave

    24 Mar 2020 18:07 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Although the number of government employees taking paternity leave has been increasing, the period booked is shorter than a month in most cases. To encourage them to take longer leave, the government will introduce an evaluation system to give high ratings to workers in managerial positions who actively support subordinates taking such leave.

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

  • For many in Japan, remote work during coronavirus outbreak is not an option

    22 Mar 2020 18:03 | JHRS (Administrator)

    To protect employees from such high-risk environments, firms nationwide have been scrambling to enable them to work remotely. A survey conducted by the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry earlier this month showed that 54.7 percent of large corporations with capital of ¥300 million or more in the prefecture are now implementing telework.

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

  • Coronavirus slowing immigration procedures for labor-hungry Japan firms

    20 Mar 2020 18:08 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The global crisis has left stranded hundreds of foreign nationals who were set to join the Japanese workforce in labor-hungry industries under a government-sponsored work permit program introduced in April last year, said Shoko Sasaki, commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, on Thursday.

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

  • To aid virus-hit Japan economy, look after firms and jobs first, say experts

    18 Mar 2020 18:17 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Economists say that buoying consumption is indeed important, but that the first priority at this point should be to support companies unexpectedly hit by the virus and those who have lost or will likely to lose their jobs. They also say that cash distribution won’t be so fruitful when people’s mobility is restricted, while slashing the consumption tax rate is unrealistic in terms of current political hurdles as well as technical procedures.

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

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