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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!

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  • Japan's real wage falls for sixth straight month in June

    09 Aug 2025 04:14 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Japan's real wages fell in June for the sixth consecutive month as inflation continued to outpace pay growth, government data showed on Wednesday, raising concerns about consumption-led recovery in the world's fourth-largest economy.

    Inflation-adjusted real wages, a key determinant of households' purchasing power, fell 1.3% in June from a year earlier, following a revised 2.6% drop in May.

    Source:https://www.reuters.com

  • Police in most prefectures miss hiring targets

    21 Jul 2025 03:11 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The police departments in over 30 of Japan's 47 prefectures missed their hiring targets from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2023, sources said.

    Many prefectural police departments make far more job offers than their planned hires but around 30% of the applicants given informal offers end up turning them down.

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

  • 2025 POLLS: Foreign Worker Policies in Spotlight

    18 Jul 2025 02:44 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)--Whether Japan should continue to accept more foreign workers or curb its foreign labor intake has become a key issue in the July 20 House of Councillors election amid concerns among the public over crimes and other incidents caused by some foreigners.

    The number of foreign residents in the country topped 3.7 million by the end of last year, marking a record high, after the Japanese government increased admissions of foreign workers in response to severe labor shortages due to population decline.

    Source: https://www.nippon.com


  • Japanese firms offer pay raises to retain staff amid labor crunch

    18 Jul 2025 02:43 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Some Japanese employers are offering higher pay and other financial rewards in a bid to retain staff amid a labor shortage and rising inflation. Nojima has decided to give two raises in basic pay a year beginning this fiscal period.

    The major electric-appliance retailer says around 3,000 employees can expect a hike of 10,000 yen, or around 68 dollars, a month in September.

    Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp


  • Japan's construction bottleneck hits $100bn as labor crunch deepens

    30 Jun 2025 10:21 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Backlogs in factory and commercial building projects are piling up across Japan, with unfilled orders soaring to an all-time high of more than 15 trillion yen ($103 billion).

    The construction slowdown, fueled by a chronic labor shortage, has intensified since last year, when new overtime limits further strained the sector's already thin workforce.

    Source: https://asia.nikkei.com


  • Japan to set up body to improve anime industry working conditions

    28 Jun 2025 03:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The industry ministry said Tuesday that it will set up a third-party organization to improve the working conditions of animation industry workers.

    The move is part of a five-year action plan aimed at boosting overseas sales of Japanese content such as manga and video games to ¥20 trillion ($138 billion) in 2033.

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

  • 7,000 Manufacturers Aim to Raise Wages for Foreign Workers with Specified Skilled Worker Status through New Association

    28 Jun 2025 03:23 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Thirty major industry associations in manufacturing sectors such as steel, electronics and textiles established a cross-industry human resources management organization to secure more highly skilled foreign workers to work in Japan.

    Source: https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp

  • DMW sends off 218 Filipino health workers to Japan

    12 Jun 2025 04:19 | JHRS (Administrator)

    MANILA – The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has sent off a total of 218 Filipino health workers bound for Japan.

    In a news release Thursday, Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said the deployment on Wednesday is proof of the growing strength of the two nations' relations, particularly in people-centered cooperation under the Philippines-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (PJEPA).

    Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph


  • 98% of new graduates in Japan are able to land jobs

    28 May 2025 05:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The employment rate for March 2025 graduates of higher educational institutions stood at 98% as of April 1, the second highest on record, Japanese government data showed Friday.

    The rate, only 0.1 percentage point shy of the current all-time high, marked a year earlier, tied with those for 2018 and 2020 graduates, according to the data, compiled jointly by the education and labor ministries.

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

  • Finances are tight for dual-income households too, survey finds

    20 May 2025 05:24 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Almost half of full-time workers whose spouses are working say they are struggling financially, according to a survey released Thursday by job-matching company Mynavi. Financial anxiety was more pronounced among households with children, whose average income was higher, at ¥9.01 million, but still fell short of the desired ¥12.47 million.

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

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