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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!

  • Number of foreign workers in Japan hits record high

    20 Feb 2023 19:05 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The number of foreign workers in Japan hit a record high of more than 1.82 million last year.

    The labor ministry says there were 1,822,725 foreign workers as of the end of last October. That's an increase of about 95,504, or 5.5 percent, from a year earlier. The figure has been on the rise since record-keeping began in 2007. The annual rate of increase fell to 0.2 percent in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it expanded again in the latest data.

    Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp


  • Side-job matching app becomes popular in Sapporo amid labor shortage

    14 Feb 2023 00:51 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The use of a service connecting companies with workers seeking side jobs via an online app is spreading in Sapporo and its outlying areas.

    The number of businesses and job seekers registering for the service has been on the rise against the backdrop of an increasingly severe manpower shortage, rising prices and more firms allowing their employees to work multiple jobs on the side, as cases of people working a few hours in between their main jobs increases.

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

  • Job Changes Rising among People in Their 40s, 50s in Japan

    13 Feb 2023 22:38 | JHRS (Administrator)

    More and more people in their 40s to 50s are switching jobs in Japan, a trend defying the well-known theory that 35 is the ceiling in terms of age to making a career change.

    This trend comes as short-staffed companies are racing to hire workers who can immediately step in to fill managerial or engineering posts. The COVID-19 pandemic has also created an opportunity for middle-aged corporate employees to rethink their life.

    Source: https://www.nippon.com

  • Japan’s workers haven’t had a raise in 30 years. Companies are under pressure to pay up

    03 Feb 2023 19:50 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is urging businesses to help workers keep up with higher living costs. Last month, he called on companies to hike pay at a level above inflation, with some already heeding the call.

    Source : https://edition.cnn.com

  • BOJ decisions on policy change hinge on Japan’s inflexible wage dynamics

    02 Feb 2023 16:48 | JHRS (Administrator)

    After years of massive stimulus, Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has placed wage growth at the center of debate over whether potentially market-jolting policy change looms at the central bank. Kuroda has insisted that the BOJ’s ultraloose policy must continue until there are signs inflation can be sustained by stronger pay gains.

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

  • Japan Inc strives to lure skilled workers as inflation, labour crunch bite

    31 Jan 2023 13:52 | JHRS (Administrator)

    From inflation allowances to the reskilling of workers, firms in Japan are stepping up efforts to help employees fight rising prices and a labour crunch, even though some cannot afford pay hikes that do more than offset cost-push inflation.

    Source: https://www.reuters.com

  • Japan aims to create new law to better protect freelancers

    30 Jan 2023 15:43 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government plans to speed up efforts to put together a legal framework to improve safeguards for freelancers, who work with no long-term affiliation to one organization or company.

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

  • Japan to Raise Required Employment Rates for Disabled

    18 Jan 2023 18:16 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan will raise the legally required employment rate for disabled people at companies to 2.5 pct in April 2024 from 2.3 pct at present and to 2.7 pct in July 2026, the labor ministry said Wednesday. Companies and other institutions in the country are required to keep the proportion of workers with disabilities among all employees above a certain rate, which is reviewed every five years.

    Source: https://www.nippon.com


  • More Indonesians in Japan's foreign trainee program amid weak yen

    17 Jan 2023 12:24 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The number of Indonesian technical trainees in Japan is rising as the recent slide of the yen against the U.S. dollar and other currencies has discouraged trainees from some other countries to come to Japan.

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


  • Japan gov't to raise employment rate of people with disabilities

    14 Jan 2023 19:16 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's labor ministry has decided to raise the statutory employment rate of people with disabilities from 2.3% to 2.7% -- the largest increase since the current system was introduced. The proposal will be presented to the Jan. 18 subcommittee meeting of the Labor Policy Council -- an advisory body to the labor minister.

    Source: https://mainichi.jp

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