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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's foreign workers increasingly join labor unions

    26 Nov 2018 14:41 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- More foreign nationals working at Japanese companies are joining labor unions, and the service industry that needs their labor is discovering that treating foreigners well is essential to keeping them.

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

  • Under new visas, Japan will require firms to fund foreign workers’ return home when they can’t pay themselves

    23 Nov 2018 15:26 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government plans to require companies hiring foreign nationals with planned new work visas to shoulder costs for their return home if the individuals cannot pay their own way, officials said.

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

  • Japan Betting the Farm on Foreign Workers

    22 Nov 2018 15:24 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Japanese government opening the door to unskilled foreign farm labor is the latest and most dramatic step to address labor shortages that threaten the survival of the nation’s agriculture industry. Journalist Aoyama Hiroko illuminates the forces driving recent policy changes while stressing the need for industry-level efforts to make Japan an attractive destination for migrant farm workers.

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

  • Japanese firms starting to encourage employees to take naps at work

    22 Nov 2018 15:23 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Napping on the job is generally frowned upon, but a growing number of companies are offering new services and products to allow their employees to take a quick snooze at work to help manage their health and improve productivity.

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

  • 70% of grads in Japan who quit their first job within three years are happy they did

    20 Nov 2018 15:27 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Almost 71 percent of people in Japan who changed jobs within three years of joining a company after graduating from a university were satisfied with their career change, according to a recent survey.

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

  • Japan’s IT firms enthusiastically open doors to overseas tech workers

    18 Nov 2018 13:26 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The dozens of young Chinese engineers looked nervous, but eager, as they presented their work in English during a hack-athon in September at the high-rise Roppongi Hills complex in Tokyo.

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

  • Low pay propels most foreign interns who flee Japanese jobs

    18 Nov 2018 13:22 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Low wages represent the principal reason that many foreign interns in Japan desert their jobs, a recent report by the Ministry of Justice found, highlighting that these workers often are regarded simply as a cheap way to plug Japan's ever-growing labor shortage.

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

  • Japan’s industries are ready to hire foreign workers, but concerns remain

    16 Nov 2018 13:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    More than 345,000 blue-collar foreign laborers are expected to enter Japan within a five-year period starting from fiscal 2019, but expectations as to their status and potential appear to differ significantly between the industries they are set to join.

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

  • Record ratio of university graduates secure jobs

    16 Nov 2018 13:24 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A government survey showed Friday that 77.0 percent of job-hunting university students in Japan who are set to graduate in March next year had secured informal work contracts as of Oct. 1, up 1.8 percentage point from a year before.

    Source: http://www.the-japan-news.com/

  • Japan's long-term jobless number hits record low

    09 Nov 2018 13:34 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The number of people out of work for more than a year came to 480,000, according to the Labor Force Survey for the July-September quarter released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications recently. That represents a drop of 30,000 on the previous quarter and is the lowest figure since the ministry began issuing quarterly surveys in 2002.

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

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