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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!

  • Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley To Cut Up To 1,300 Jobs

    18 Oct 2011 11:45 | JHRS (Administrator)
    TOKYO -- Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. will cut up to 1,300 jobs, or about 20% of its workforce, through its second early retirement scheme this year, a person familiar with the matter said Monday, as the brokerage looks to deepen cost cuts amid tough market conditions.

  • Hays Quarterly Report: Demand Up for Multilingual Candidates in Japan's Recruitment Market

    14 Oct 2011 14:35 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Tokyo, Oct 14, 2011 - (JCN Newswire) - The ability to speak multiple languages, along with Information Technology, Insurance and Office Professional skills, top the list of those in demand this quarter as we move towards the end of 2011, says recruiting experts Hays.

    Source: http://www.japancorp.net

  • Tokyo Bay Traders Announces Commitment to Combat Workplace Depression

    10 Oct 2011 12:28 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Tokyo Bay Traders has announced an initiative to understand the causes, impacts and treatments for depression, coinciding with Mental Illness Awareness Week.

    Source: http://bignews.biz

  • Sony to close Japan plant, lay off 100 contract workers

    07 Oct 2011 11:14 | JHRS (Administrator)
    TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp will merge two of its wholly owned manufacturing subsidiaries, resulting in the closure of an equipment plant north of Tokyo and the eventual layoff of about 100 contract workers, the company said on Friday.

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com

  • Tokyo Bay Traders Announces Minimum 4 percent Salary Increase

    06 Oct 2011 10:35 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Tokyo, Japan -- Tokyo Bay Traders today announced it would pay eligible Japanese staff a minimum 4% salary increase from July 2012. Staff will continue to have access to additional performance pay of between 2% and 7%.

    Source: http://newpressrelease.com

  • Labor group Rengo shifts to antinuclear policy

    03 Oct 2011 11:24 | JHRS (Administrator)
    The leadership of Japan's largest labor organization will rethink the body's energy policy in light of the Fukushima nuclear crisis, with a view to shifting from its stance of promoting nuclear power to one that aims for a society not reliant on atomic energy, Rengo sources said Monday.

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

  • Japan's jobless rate down to 4.3% in August

    30 Sep 2011 11:37 | JHRS (Administrator)
    TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's jobless rate stood at 4.3 per cent in August, down 0.4 percentage points from the previous month, the government said Friday.

  • Scores of ex-bureaucrats landed cushy jobs at TEPCO, linked to lax nuclear safety rules

    28 Sep 2011 12:44 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) had more than 50 retired bureaucrats working for the utility firm as of the end of August -- a widespread practice in Japan called "amakudari," or "descent from heaven" -- the Mainichi has learned, and former bureaucrats acknowledged that cozy ties between the government and utility firms were a key factor behind the country's lax rules governing nuclear power generation.

    Source: http://mdn.mainichi.jp

  • Tepco reform plan calls for axing 7,400 jobs: Yomiuri

    28 Sep 2011 12:40 | JHRS (Administrator)
    TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co <9501.T> will be advised to cut 7,400 jobs, or about 14 percent of its full-time employees, by March 2014 as part of a plan to help it pay compensation for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Wednesday.

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com

  • Tepco considers job cuts as part of restructuring plan

    23 Sep 2011 11:22 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), the owner of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, is considering cutting thousands of jobs. Reports say Tepco has told a government backed committee that it may cut as many as 5,000 jobs or 10% of its workforce.

    Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk

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