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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 Nov. job availability up for 2nd straight month

    26 Dec 2014 13:04 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's job availability rose for the second straight month in November, the government said Friday, suggesting companies remained willing to hire more workers with corporate profits improving.

    Source: http://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Government to target creation of 300,000 jobs in provincial areas

    26 Dec 2014 13:01 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government will set a goal of creating 300,000 jobs for young people in small cities and rural areas, with an eye to stopping the nation’s depopulation and excessive concentration of population and industry in the Tokyo metropolitan area, it has been learned.

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

  • Painting firm offers solutions to construction industry labor shortage

    17 Dec 2014 13:03 | JHRS (Administrator)

    With its aging workforce, Japan is facing a severe labor shortage in the construction and civil engineering industry. But a painting company in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, may have some answers.

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

  • Osaka municipal office’s tattoo check on employees ruled illegal

    17 Dec 2014 12:58 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A court ruled Wednesday that the Osaka municipal office’s 2012 investigation into whether its workers had tattoos was illegal for privacy reasons and invalidated its punishment of a plaintiff who refused to submit a required document.

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

  • Government to beef up jobs program for ex-convicts

    17 Dec 2014 12:47 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Abe administration will boost a program that encourages companies to hire former convicts, raising the number of such firms to 1,500 from the current level of around 500 by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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

  • Japan’s Abe Vows to Push for Wage Increases

    15 Dec 2014 12:52 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he would press companies to raise wages next year, seeking to build on a decisive election victory and counter critics who say his policies don’t benefit average people.

    Source: http://www.wsj.com/

  • Winter bonuses up sharply for government employees

    10 Dec 2014 13:01 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japanese government workers in nonmanagerial posts received winter bonuses Wednesday, with the average amounting to ¥691,600, up ¥119,800 from a year before.

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

  • Quarter of workers suspect they are trapped at ‘black firms’

    07 Dec 2014 12:50 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A quarter of Japan’s workers believe they are working at “burakku kigyo” (black companies) undefined firms that resemble sweatshops and flout labor laws by inducing employees to work overtime without pay, a labor union survey says.


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

  • Japan’s Largest Union Wants 2% Wage Increase

    03 Dec 2014 12:40 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s largest labor union decided Tuesday to seek a 2 percent or greater basic pay raise in annual wage talks starting early next year, a higher goal than set for this year. 


    Source: http://www.marketpulse.com/

  • Japanese job hunt exhausts graduates

    02 Dec 2014 12:35 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Starting a new job is an exciting and anxious moment. Even though there are a lot of things to learn and remember, people are filled with the feeling that they are able to create their own future when they start their jobs. This is particularly true at your first postgraduate job because that job has influence on all your later jobs as well.

    Source: http://host.madison.com/

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