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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 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/

  • Japan facing increased pressure to hike minimum wage, but business leaders give mixed response

    07 Jun 2019 15:05 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Last month, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy recommended that the government draw up detailed measures to bring the nationwide average minimum wage up to ¥1,000 per hour as soon as possible.

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

  • Japan wants employees working until 70

    06 Jun 2019 18:52 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan will require companies to make efforts that allow employees to work until age 70 in order to address a chronic labor shortage that threatens economic growth.

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

  • Labor minister opposes banning dress codes in Japan that force women to wear high heels

    05 Jun 2019 19:00 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The labor minister has indicated he will not support a drive to ban dress codes that force women to wear high heels at work.

    Employees’ health and safety need to be protected, but work is varied, said Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Takumi Nemoto, who oversees the country’s workplace reforms.

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

  • Japan to support creation of 300,000 jobs for long-term unemployed

    05 Jun 2019 18:49 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government plans to support the creation of 300,000 jobs over the next three years for people who have failed to secure permanent employment since the collapse of Japan’s economic bubble in the early 1990s, a draft policy guideline showed Tuesday.

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

  • Japanese Women Want a Law Against Mandatory Heels at Work

    04 Jun 2019 18:55 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO — Japan is the latest battleground for women revolting against the tyranny of high heels, as a fledgling movement seeks government protection from workplaces that require the footwear.

    Source: https://www.nytimes.com/

  • Japan to open up job fields for foreigners graduating from universities

    29 May 2019 13:42 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO--The immigration agency said Tuesday it will open up the business sectors foreigners are allowed to work in after graduating from universities or completing postgraduate studies in Japan, in the latest effort to lure more laborers to the country.

    Source: https://japantoday.com/

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