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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 to aid a million members of 'lost generation' with hiring subsidies

    21 Aug 2019 15:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- The Japanese government will provide support for the employment of members of the so-called "lost generation," who graduated from high school or university into a serious job crunch after the collapse of the bubble economy in the early 1990s. The government plans to draw up support measures later this month, a government source told Nikkei.

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

  • Youth job support program to cover unemployed Japanese up to 50 years old

    19 Aug 2019 15:30 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The labor ministry has decided to expand the scope of its youth job support initiative to cover people up to age 50 to cope with an increase in middle-aged people out of work, according to informed sources.

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

  • Japan's banks shed more than 3,600 workers in record drop

    16 Aug 2019 14:29 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japanese banks reduced their collective payroll by 3,629 employees in fiscal 2018, researchers have found, with digitization of paperwork and a slowdown in hiring driving the steepest drop in available data.

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

  • More firms viewing better sleep as sound investment

    16 Aug 2019 14:27 | JHRS (Administrator)

    OSAKA (Jiji Press) — An increasing number of Japanese companies are working to improve the quality of sleep of their workers, with some seeking business opportunities from “sleep technologies” for comfortable sleep.

    Source: https://the-japan-news.com/

  • 5,160 foreign trainee employers violated labor laws in 2018

    09 Aug 2019 14:28 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A record 5,160 business facilities in Japan employing foreign technical intern trainees were told in 2018 to correct their practices that violated labor-related laws, the labor ministry has said.

    Source: https://the-japan-news.com/

  • Japanese companies hiking pay and holding classes in race to get tooled up on AI

    08 Aug 2019 19:55 | JHRS (Administrator)

    OSAKA – There’s a sense of panic within Japan Inc. and the government — the world’s No. 3 economy, doesn’t have enough experts in artificial intelligence, and it’s time to do something about it.

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

  • Japan service sector growth eases on tempered optimism, job creation: PMI

    05 Aug 2019 19:53 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO, (Reuters) - - Activity in Japan’s services sector expanded again in July, albeit at a fractionally slower pace than the previous month, a revised survey showed on Monday, indicating resilient domestic demand despite signs of a loss of momentum.

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

  • Job security eludes Japan's growing ranks of post-doctorate part-time lecturers

    02 Aug 2019 19:49 | JHRS (Administrator)

    According to education ministry statistics, the number of people who completed a doctoral course in the 2018 school year totaled 15,658, up nearly three times from 5,576 in the 1989 school year. Along with the increase of people with a doctorate, the number of post-doctorates working as part-time lecturers rose sixfold from 15,689 in 1989 to 93,145 in 2016.

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

  • Japan Expects Hiring To Soar Despite S. Korea Trade Dispute

    24 Jul 2019 20:38 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Japanese Cabinet Office released a white paper on Tuesday, indicating that 2019 will be a year of increased new graduate hires. The news came amid escalating trade tensions with South Korea.

    Source: https://en.businesstimes.cn/

  • Year-Round Hiring to Be More Common in Japan: Govt Paper

    23 Jul 2019 20:36 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government agency presented the analysis in its Annual Report on the Japanese Economy and Public Finance for fiscal 2019, based on a survey that found 33.3 pct of responding companies had introduced such a hiring system.

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

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