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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!

  • Japanese self-employment hit hardest by the Great Recession

    12 May 2012 20:13 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Many people have reported that the Great Recession took a toll on self-employment.  That’s certainly true in the United States.   As data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) show, the number of Americans in business for themselves dropped by 622,000 between 2007 and 2009, a decline of 5.9 percent.

    Source: http://www.forbes.com

  • UPDATE 1-Tepco, labor union agree to cut pension - Nikkei

    11 May 2012 13:16 | JHRS (Administrator)
    May 11 (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc and its labor union agreed to reduce corporate pension fund payouts for current employees and save 106.5 billion yen ($1.33 billion) over 10 years, the Nikkei said.

    Source: http://uk.reuters.com/

  • Low salaries, long hours need to be improved to boost day care workers in Japan

    05 May 2012 12:16 | JHRS (Administrator)
    TOKYO _ Low salaries are one reason behind the difficulty in securing sufficient numbers of day care workers. According to the government's basic survey on wage structure in 2011, the average monthly salary for a private day care worker was only 220,000 yen ($2,754.46).

    Source: http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/

  • Japanese businessman tries saving tsunami-damaged hometown with jobs, tourism and fish cakes

    02 May 2012 11:58 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Takahashi, who directs Takamasa & Co. Ltd., spoke to his father, his boss at the family company that employed 90. Each of our workers, Takahashi said, supports about three family members. If we can boost our employment to 200, they'll support 600. That totals 800 people, more than 10 percent of the town's remaining population. And so Takamasa expanded even as the local economy tanked. The company built a $17 million factory and showroom, a project planned before the tsunami. It rented its old quarters to competitors -- anything to boost employment.

    Source: http://www.oregonlive.com

  • Japan's jobless rate

    27 Apr 2012 13:29 | JHRS (Administrator)
    The Japanese economy released its monthly data for jobless rate that remained unchanged at 4.5% in March compared with the prior reading and expectations of 4.5%.

    Source: http://www.ibtimes.com

  • Program creates more jobs in Japan's quake-hit areas

    25 Apr 2012 13:31 | JHRS (Administrator)
    For the unemployed in areas heavily damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake, a government program to create long-term employment opportunities shines out like a beacon of hope amid a severe job market.

    Source: http://www.asiaone.com/

  • Renho calls for stricter monitoring of pension funds' hiring of ex-bureaucrats

    20 Apr 2012 11:40 | JHRS (Administrator)
    The former Cabinet minister made the comment in a recent interview after a welfare ministry survey revealed in late March that 721 retired bureaucrats had received jobs at the "kosei nenkin kikin" funds as of March 1. The former civil servants accounted for about 10 percent of all staff at the funds.

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

  • Japan charity offers to help in maritime skills training

    15 Apr 2012 11:41 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Now that Bangladesh has its sea boundary with Myanmar demarcated, Japan’s Nippon Foundation has offered to help the country protect its maritime interests through development of human resources in the field.

    Source: http://www.gulf-times.com

  • Sony Planning to Lay Off 10,000 Workers

    10 Apr 2012 11:18 | JHRS (Administrator)
    The report notes that 10,000 workers make up approximately six percent of Sony's overall workforce. The report also cites a Nikkei article that states that half of the lay offs -- 5,000 in all -- will come from "a reorganization of its businesses for small and medium-size display panels and noncore chemicals," a move that had earlier been revealed and that doesn't at all affect Sony's gaming divisions.

    Source: http://ps3.ign.com/

  • Renewed Hiring in Japan's Manufacturing Sector - Robert Walters

    05 Apr 2012 11:21 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Hiring in Japan's manufacturing sector rebounded in late 2011 according to the Robert Walters' 2011 Q4 Japan Job Index. Advertised job openings grew by 31% from Q3 to Q4 for manufacturing roles sustained largely by increased investment into the industrial sector and improved business activity. Industrial manufacturers recruited aggressively as they received budgets to rebuild their sales and engineering teams following 2-3 years of headcount uncertainty.

    Source: http://www.japancorp.net/

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