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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 firms introduce fun activities at work to improve employees' health

    20 Dec 2017 12:16 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - An increasing number of companies in Japan have been taking measures to help employees stay in good health as part of their management strategies, aiming to improve productivity or brush up their corporate image.

    Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/

  • Work reform spells bigger profits for Japan Inc., survey finds

    18 Dec 2017 14:50 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japanese companies that succeed in creating vibrant work environments also boost their chances of realizing record earnings, with innovation and high productivity likely driving their growth, a Nikkei Inc. study shows.

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

  • Companies can monitor employees working overtime using in-office flying drones

    15 Dec 2017 14:31 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO--While massive amounts of overtime remains a prominent aspect of many jobs in Japan, recently there’s been a slight shift in attitudes. Compared to the past at least, more companies today are willing to say, “You know, if so many of our employees are still at their desks long after the workday is supposed to be done, maybe they’re dangerously overworked.”

    Source: https://japantoday.com/

  • Many Japanese companies have no reduced-work system for cancer employees

    04 Dec 2017 12:52 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO--About 70 percent of responding major Japanese companies do not have a system to allow employees with cancer to work a reduced schedule or at home while undergoing treatment for the disease, a Kyodo News survey showed Saturday.

    Source: https://japantoday.com/

  • Japan may cut corporate tax rate to 20% through incentives

    04 Dec 2017 12:47 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- The Japanese government is considering rewarding businesses that increase wages and invest in productivity growth by offering tax breaks that could lower their effective tax rates to as low as 20% or so.

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

  • Oct. job openings ratio highest since Jan. 1974

    01 Dec 2017 12:50 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The seasonally adjusted ratio of effective job openings to seekers in October rose 0.03 point from the previous month to 1.55, the highest level since January 1974, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Friday.

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

  • Opportunities for foreigners in Cool Japan industries eyed

    26 Nov 2017 14:22 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government is considering a plan to increase the number of foreigners engaged in work related to the Cool Japan initiative, such as in the anime and fashion fields, through relaxed requirements for resident status enabling them to work in Japan.

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

  • Corporate Japan hit by severe labour shortages

    26 Nov 2017 14:20 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japanese companies are scouring the country for workers and offering more attractive permanent contracts as they struggle to overcome the worst labour shortages in 40 years.

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

  • Labor ministry to extend job program to social recluses and NEETs in early 40s

    18 Nov 2017 14:04 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government has decided to expand the scope of its job support program for socially withdrawn people, which is limited to those 39 or younger, to include people in their early 40s, labor ministry officials said Saturday.

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

  • Japan eyes taxing high-paid employees more, freelancers less

    17 Nov 2017 14:00 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- High-earning company employees in Japan could pay more in taxes, while freelancers could pay less, under a new Ministry of Finance plan for fiscal 2018 that would reduce a break for worker salaries while increasing the basic exemption for all.

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

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