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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!

  • Local governments in Japan expanding scope of disabled applicants eligible for public-sector job exams

    08 Jul 2019 19:27 | JHRS (Administrator)

    An increasing number of prefectural governments and ordinance-designated major cities are expanding the scope of disabled people eligible to take exams for regular jobs at public-sector offices to include those with mental or intellectual disabilities.

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

  • Companies tepid on new foreign worker system in Japan

    06 Jul 2019 19:29 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan has so far made little progress in accepting more foreign workers. As of the end of June, there had been 320 applications for the new "specified skilled worker" residence status established under the revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law, which took effect on April 1. Of that number, only 20 applicants had been granted the status.

    Source: https://www.stripes.com/

  • Japan's disadvantaged generation seek changes in hiring practices

    05 Jul 2019 19:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Tokyo--The government endorsed last month a plan to secure 300,000 permanent jobs for those in their mid-30s to mid-40s who fell victim to an "employment ice age" when they entered the job market, but some of them have cast doubt on its effectiveness and urged companies to change their hiring practices.

    Source: https://japantoday.com/

  • Japan's workers scramble to make up $187,000 retirement shortfall

    27 Jun 2019 13:14 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- A panel report from Japan's financial regulator estimates that an average elderly couple will need an extra 20 million yen ($186,768) to fund a 30-year retirement. That has prompted retail investors, many still in their 20s, to start building up assets on their own.

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

  • Third of Japan's new graduate recruits thinking of changing jobs within five years

    14 Jun 2019 13:02 | JHRS (Administrator)

    In a break with Japan’s tradition of lifetime employment, at least 1 in 3 new graduate recruits are considering leaving their jobs within five years, and only 1 in 5 treat their employment as being a lifetime role, a recent study conducted by the operator of a recruitment website has shown.

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

  • Japan Eyes 300,000 Jobs for "Employment Ice Age" Generation

    11 Jun 2019 14:30 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Japanese government on Tuesday unveiled a target of creating 300,000 regular jobs over three years for people in their 30s and 40s hit by the so-called employment ice age.

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

  • Japan to encourage foreign workers to maintain employment outside major cities

    11 Jun 2019 14:29 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government is planning measures to encourage foreign workers with specific skills under the country’s new visa statuses to secure jobs and continue employment outside of big cities, officials said Monday.

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

  • Tokyo keen to draw foreign workers to rural Japan

    10 Jun 2019 14:40 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan is bringing in more foreign workers to help address a labor shortage, and the government wants to make sure Tokyo and other major cities are not the only places that benefit from the additional manpower.

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

  • Short of labor, Japanese companies vie for Southeast Asian workers

    09 Jun 2019 15:07 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- A revised immigration law that took effect in April has brought Japanese restaurant operators and other labor-crunch-challenged employers to Southeast Asia.

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

  • Japan toughens checks on disabled workers' employment

    09 Jun 2019 15:01 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO--The Diet has passed a bill to toughen monitoring of the hiring of disabled workers after government ministries and agencies were found last year to have inflated their hiring figures to meet legal quotas for national-level public bodies.

    Source: https://japantoday.com/

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