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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 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/ 

  • Japan's labor shortage eats away at back-breaking work culture

    09 May 2019 15:05 | JHRS (Administrator)

    With unemployment at a 26-year low, Japanese companies are facing stiff competition for talent. But younger people entering the workforce often resent everything that made the Japanese corporate environment globally notorious: long hours, strict top-down discipline and rewards based on loyalty and seniority.

    Source: https://japantoday.com/

  • Nearly 40% of companies see low retention rate for midcareer hires: survey

    07 May 2019 15:11 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Close to 40 percent of employers feel they have low retention rates for regular employees hired in the middle of their careers, according to a survey.

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

  • Japan bumps into challenges welcoming overseas workers

    29 Apr 2019 14:37 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- With Japan's revised immigration rules having taken effect on April 1, moves to accept more foreign workers are picking up steam as the country struggles to cope with a serious labor crunch. Not surprisingly, there are snags.

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

  • Japan – Unemployment rate holds steady in March

    29 Apr 2019 14:33 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s jobless rate stood at 2.5% in March 2019, steady compared to the same period last year, according to data from Statistics Japan. The number of unemployed persons in March 2019 was 1.74 million, an increase of 10,000 or 0.6% from the previous year.

    Source: https://www.stat.go.jp/

  • Unemployment rate rose to 2.5% in March as Japan's workers sought greener pastures

    26 Apr 2019 14:39 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The nation’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 2.5 percent in March, up 0.2 percentage point from the previous month, the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry said Friday.

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

  • Female recruits in Japan want to balance full-time jobs with family, and husbands' help with kids

    24 Apr 2019 14:31 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A majority of young female recruits in Japan desire both full-time careers and a family, with 90 percent expecting their future husbands to take paternity leave, according to recent findings by Tokyo-based recruitment information firm Disco Inc.

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

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