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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 turns to new technologies to counter labor shortages

    01 May 2024 04:07 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Healthcare, distribution, hospitality, agriculture: In Japan, no economic sector is spared by an increasingly blatant labor shortage. The problem is so acute that it sometimes has tragic consequences. How can the Noto peninsula, where the January 1 earthquake destroyed more than 60,600 houses and buildings, be rebuilt quickly when the number of construction workers has fallen by 30% compared to the 1997 high? And at what price? The cost of the Osaka World Expo in 2025 has already doubled due to inflation in raw material prices and a shortage of manpower.

    Source: https://www.lemonde.fr

  • Japan steps up drive to secure airport ground handling workers

    01 May 2024 04:06 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's aviation industry is intensifying efforts to showcase the appeal of airport ground handling roles, vital for providing ground support services at airports including aircraft guidance.

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

  • Are local governments in Japan ready to embrace a four-day workweek?

    01 May 2024 04:04 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Several municipalities across Japan are beginning to test the waters with a four-day workweek in the current fiscal year from April, allowing employees to opt for longer workdays in exchange for an extra weekday off.

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

  • Japan job availability down to 1.29 in FY 2023, 1st fall in 3 yrs

    01 May 2024 04:03 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO- Japan's job availability ratio for fiscal 2023 fell 0.02 point to 1.29 from the previous year, marking its first decline in three years, government data showed Tuesday, as companies reduced their recruiting practices amid pressure from rising materials costs.

    Source: https://english.kyodonews.net

  • A year into his job, Bank of Japan chief Ueda gets 1 mission accomplished

    15 Apr 2024 23:22 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Reuters) -A year into his job, Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said he had achieved a goal he set when taking the helm: changing the bank's complex monetary stimulus into a simpler framework.

    Speaking in parliament on Monday, he also said the BOJ would continue with such efforts and set monetary policy in accordance with changes in the economy.

    Source: https://www.msn.com

  • Nearly 60% of job seekers in Japan survey eager to join workplace social events

    15 Apr 2024 23:10 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- While many workers may be thinking about how to get to know their new colleagues with the start of the new fiscal year in April, a recent survey by a Tokyo-based human resource information service company found 59.6% of job seekers wanted to attend workplace events.


    Source: https://www.msn.com

  • 'Resignation agency' receives scores of requests from new employees in Japan

    15 Apr 2024 23:08 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- A "resignation agency" in Japan that handles negotiations with companies on behalf of employees when they quit has already received scores of requests from new hires just two weeks into the new fiscal year.

    In many cases, employees apparently say they decided to quit because the situation differed from what they had heard before they joined the company.

    Source: https://www.msn.com


  • Japan’s young workers head abroad as huge wage gap persists

    15 Apr 2024 23:05 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO - Mr Tomoki Yoshihara starts his shift at a meat-processing plant in rural Australia at 5am, and earns three times more butchering lambs for almost 50 hours a week than he did as a member of Japan’s military. 

    He is among a record number of young Japanese granted working holiday visas in Australia last financial year, lured by higher wages that are made even more attractive by the weakening yen.

    Source: https://www.straitstimes.com


  • Japan February Jobless Rate Unexpectedly Rises to 5-Month High of 2.6% on Job Cuts, New Job Seekers, after Easing to Near 4-Year Low of 2.4% in January

    31 Mar 2024 22:34 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japanese payrolls posted a 19th straight rise on year in February amid labor shortages at factories, communications firms, hotels and restaurants, but the unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to a five-month high of 2.6% after falling to a nearly four-year low of 2.4% in January from 2.5% in December, data released Friday by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications showed.

  • Japan turns to new technologies to counter labor shortages

    31 Mar 2024 22:30 | JHRS (Administrator)

    For a number of years, companies have been trying to adapt to this new situation by expanding their recruitment base, notably by hiring more women, but also the elderly, who are authorized to work until the age of 70 or more. Authorities are even considering raising the retirement age for cab drivers from 75 to 80.

    Source: https://www.lemonde.fr

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