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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 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/

  • Japanese firms resist hiring foreign workers under new immigration law: poll

    25 May 2019 14:01 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO--Only one in four Japanese companies plan to actively employ foreign workers under a new government immigration scheme, a Reuters poll found, complicating Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to ease the country's tightest job market in decades.

    Source: https://japantoday.com/

  • Employment rate for Japan's college graduates close to record high at 97.6% amid labor shortage

    17 May 2019 13:46 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The employment rate for job seekers who graduated from universities this spring stood at 97.6 percent, government data showed Friday, in the latest sign of a widespread labor shortage amid a graying population.

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

  • Government to urge firms in Japan to hire employees until age 70 amid labor crunch

    16 May 2019 13:52 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government on Wednesday urged companies to extend employees’ retirement until the age of 70 as part of measures to address a severe labor shortage due to Japan’s rapidly graying population.

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

  • Fewer applicants, more openings for elementary school teaching jobs

    10 May 2019 15:06 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- The number of people applying for public elementary school teaching positions across Japan reached a record low of 3.2 people for every available position in fiscal 2018, the education ministry has found.

    Source: https://mainichi.jp/ 

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