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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!

  • Loyal Olympus workers feel betrayal over accounting scandal

    20 Nov 2011 11:06 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Employees at Japan's Olympus Corp are feeling shock, anger and betrayal as they watch the public humiliation of a company to which many have devoted their working lives.

    Source: http://www.ibtimes.com

  • Resona Aims to Narrow Japan Gender Gap by Boosting Female Managers to 30%

    17 Nov 2011 10:57 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Resona Holdings Inc. (8308), Japan’s fourth-biggest commercial bank by market value, aims to help narrow the country’s gender gap by adding female managers and appointing a woman as an executive for the first time.

    Source: http://www.bloomberg.com

  • Japan's Mizuho to merge units and cut jobs

    14 Nov 2011 11:02 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Japan's Mizuho Financial Group said on Monday that it planned to merge its retail and corporate banking units by the end of the first half of fiscal 2013, in a move that will mean 3,000 job cuts.

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com

  • Japan firm unveils robot suit for nuclear workers

    08 Nov 2011 11:19 | JHRS (Administrator)
    TSUKUBA, Japan (AFP) - The Japanese maker of an exoskeleton robot suit to assist walking on Monday unveiled a model that could help nuclear workers weighed down by heavy anti-radiation vests in contaminated zones.

    Source: http://au.news.yahoo.com

  • Over 40% Of Firms Fail To Secure Enough Recruits For Fiscal 2012

    05 Nov 2011 11:01 | JHRS (Administrator)
    TOKYO (Kyodo)--More than 40 percent of Japanese companies surveyed have failed to secure sufficient numbers of new graduates as recruits for fiscal 2012 which starts next April, a job information service firm said recently.

    Source: http://e.nikkei.com

  • MF Global Fired 15 Japan Workers Before Bankruptcy, Union Secretary Says

    01 Nov 2011 18:59 | JHRS (Administrator)

    MF Global Holdings Ltd. (MF) fired 15 employees from its Japan unit before filing for bankruptcy yesterday, said Kazuyuki Sugimoto, secretary general at the Federation of Foreign Bank Employees Union.

    Source: http://www.bloomberg.com

  • Japan jobless rate falls to 4.1

    28 Oct 2011 19:07 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO, Oct 28 (Reuters) Japan's jobless rate fell in September and the availability of jobs improved, helped by reconstructionrelated demand after the March disaster but the outlook is murky as corporations may rein in hiring on uncertainty over the global economy and volatile financial markets.

    Source: http://biz.thestar.com

  • Japan's housewives fight for right to work

    24 Oct 2011 18:04 | JHRS (Administrator)
    TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda wants more to see more women in the country's labour market.

    Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com

  • Japan May Add $52 Billion in Aid for Companies Hurt by Yen

    21 Oct 2011 18:08 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Japan is preparing to unveil plans to spend an extra 4 trillion yen ($52 billion) to help its exporters cope with a surging yen and spur job creation, according to documents obtained by Bloomberg News.

    Source:http://www.businessweek.com

  • Japan's Panasonic to sharply scale down TV business

    20 Oct 2011 14:34 | JHRS (Administrator)
    OSAKA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Panasonic Corp. decided to sharply scale down its money-losing television-making business, reducing production of plasma display panels and cutting over 1, 000 jobs, Japanese media reported Thursday.

    Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com

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