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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!

  • Japanese companies ban Middle East travel

    09 Jan 2020 19:27 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Many Japanese companies are restricting employees from traveling to the Middle East after Iran attacked Iraqi bases hosting U.S. troops in retaliation for the killing of a top military commander.

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

  • Japan to urge firms to employ workers until age 70 from next year

    08 Jan 2020 19:29 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The labor ministry plans to urge companies from April 2021 to ensure jobs are available for workers until the age of 70, it was learned Wednesday. The plans were included in the summary of a bill to revise the law on stabilizing employment for the elderly that was submitted by the ministry to a Labor Policy Council subcommittee the same day. The ministry aims to submit the bill to an ordinary session of the Diet slated to be convened on Jan. 20.

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

  • Japan targets int’l workers with PSW boost

    08 Jan 2020 15:50 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan has implemented measures to create more opportunities for international students to find work in the country, government ministers have announced, as stakeholders warn current policies are not helping the country meet its demand for highly-skilled workers.

    Source: https://thepienews.com/

  • Corporate culture remains obstacle to Japan adopting telework

    06 Jan 2020 19:28 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government has been actively promoting telecommuting, touting its many merits from easing traffic congestion and enhancing disaster preparedness to helping recruit and retain talent amid Japan’s chronic labor shortage.

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

  • Japan's lifetime employment and low pay risk brain drain: lobby

    24 Dec 2019 19:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan faces the prospect of falling behind other countries in the race to foster high-tech businesses unless domestic companies offer competitive pay and revamp outdated employment practices, the nation's most influential business lobby warned on Monday.

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

  • Japan's foreign nurses: disinformation, lack of support shows struggle for new arrivals

    12 Dec 2019 16:08 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan first started actively accepting nurses from other countries more than 11 years ago, when the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Indonesia went into effect in July 2008. 

    Source: https://mainichi.jp/

  • As forestry work gets easier in graying Japan, young hires opt for paths less taken

    01 Dec 2019 16:18 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Young Japanese are increasingly joining the forestry industry thanks to a government program and labor-saving improvements made possible by the expanding use of machines. Many also see the sector as an opportunity to escape urban life.

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

  • 244 candidates passed Japan's civil service hiring exam for people with disabilities in fiscal 2019

    26 Nov 2019 16:11 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The exam was held for the second time since its introduction in fiscal 2018, which followed a scandal in which many government agencies falsified reports of the number of people with disabilities they employed in order to meet a legally prescribed threshold.

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

  • Led by Ogata, Japanese women break glass ceiling as UN diplomats

    21 Nov 2019 16:34 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Sadako Ogata's contribution to the world was not limited to helping millions of displaced people as the head of the United Nations refugee agency. She also inspired many younger Japanese women to follow suit and fulfill professional ambitions on the world stage.

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

  • Japan to require firms to clearly ban power harassment

    21 Nov 2019 16:32 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A subcommittee of a labor ministry panel on Wednesday gave its approval to draft guidelines on preventing power harassment in workplaces that require companies to clearly ban such practices.

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

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