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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!

  • Employers, foreign trainees lack info on new residency statuses beginning in April

    19 Feb 2019 15:55 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Many Japanese employers and potential foreign workers are still lacking information on new residency statuses the government is set to introduce in less than two months, even though the Justice Ministry has begun some briefing sessions. 

    Source: https://mainichi.jp/

  • Japanese companies warming up — slowly — to four-day workweek

    12 Feb 2019 16:27 | JHRS (Administrator)

    As of 2018, according to a labor ministry survey, 6.9 percent of privately held companies with 30 or more full-time employees had introduced the system in some form. A decade ago, the figure was 3.1 percent.

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

  • Japanese cities worried about receiving more foreign workers: survey

    11 Feb 2019 16:28 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO--Nearly half of cities and towns across Japan are concerned about how to provide appropriate treatment to foreign workers as they prepare for an influx after this spring with the government's new policy on addressing a chronic labor shortage, a survey conducted by Kyodo News showed Sunday.

    Source: https://japantoday.com/

  • Japan's female employment tops 50% for 1st time in half-century

    02 Feb 2019 14:02 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- For the first time in five decades, over half of Japan's women were employed in 2018, new data showed Friday, amid a worsening labor shortage and continuing efforts to accommodate working mothers.

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

  • Japan-based degrees offer international advantages

    01 Feb 2019 15:53 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A Master of Business Administration continues to be a path to senior executive roles as demand has been increasing and the degree still equates to higher salaries.

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

  • Japan's labor shortage hits 45-year high

    01 Feb 2019 14:06 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO--There were 161 jobs for every 100 jobseekers on average last year in Japan, the highest ratio since 1973, highlighting the labor shortage in the world's third-largest economy and its aging society.

    Source: https://japantoday.com/

  • Japan's labor ministry embroiled in fresh data gathering scandal

    30 Jan 2019 14:46 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Japan's labor ministry said it has found flaws in another survey related to jobs and wages, with the scandal marking the second such time this month erroneous methods have been revealed to have been used to gather official governmental statistics, local media reported Tuesday.

    Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/

  • Shinzo Abe’s campaign to raise Japanese wages loses steam

    22 Jan 2019 15:36 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s biggest employers have declined to set a target for 2019 pay increases in a sign that prime minister Shinzo Abe’s strong-arm campaign to raise wages is petering out.

    Source: https://www.ft.com/

  • Japan firms have no plans to strengthen governance after Ghosn arrest: Reuters poll

    22 Jan 2019 15:32 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Three-quarters of Japanese companies have no plan to create committees overseeing compensation or executive nomination, a Reuters poll found, reflecting indifference to boosting governance after the arrest of former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn.

    Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/

  • Japanese firms circumventing traditional hiring timetable to find quality recruits

    21 Jan 2019 15:30 | JHRS (Administrator)

    It’s a rite of spring: Major corporations hire fresh university graduates en masse every April, starting them all at the same salary with assurances of rising pay and lifetime employment.

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

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