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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!

  • Working Today / Retraining offers new lease on life

    21 Jan 2018 13:59 | JHRS (Administrator)

    “Recurrent education” — retraining — involves relearning the knowledge one needs for work. Slowly but surely, the number of people who are polishing their skills to take the next step in their careers is rising.

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

  • Analysis / Plan aims to keep willing elderly workers on the job

    18 Jan 2018 14:00 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government’s plan to allow people to put off receiving pensions until after the age of 70 aims to encourage willing elderly citizens to keep working and stave off a labor shortage.

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

  • Foreign trainee fatality data highlight safety and exploitation issues in Japan

    14 Jan 2018 14:44 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Work-related incidents in Japan killed 22 foreign trainees over a three-year period from fiscal 2014, government data showed Sunday, reflecting the risk that laborers brought here could face dangerous or exploitative conditions.

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

  • Japan relying on foreigners more to plug labor holes

    13 Jan 2018 14:41 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- As the Japanese labor force continues to shrink, companies are increasingly counting on foreigners to fill the gap, especially in such short-staffed businesses as construction and security.

    Source: https://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Japanese businesses backing cancer sufferers' wish to work

    12 Jan 2018 14:43 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO--Japanese companies are striving to make it possible for employees diagnosed with cancer to continue their work lives as normal, even while they undergo treatment.

    Source: https://japantoday.com/

  • Japan’s ‘workation’ encourage employees to take time off

    10 Jan 2018 12:40 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan Airlines set up a workation system last summer that applies to about 4,000 employees, not including those who work in shifts at airports and other places. Encouraging workers to take time off is the main goal. Some cases can be designated as workation, but others cannot.

    Source: https://borneobulletin.com.bn/

  • Japanese firms struggle to get IT workers

    06 Jan 2018 14:41 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Companies across a wide range of industries using IT are struggling to secure talented workers, while shopping and services are increasingly going online and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) is expanding. If the issue is not addressed promptly, it may have a negative impact on the government’s growth strategy.

    Source: https://borneobulletin.com.bn

  • ‘Scientist and scholar’ ranks first in job popularity among Japanese boys for the first time in 15 years

    05 Jan 2018 14:39 | JHRS (Administrator)

    In an annual survey of the most popular jobs among preschoolers and elementary schoolers, the “scientist and scholar” job category clinched the top spot among Japanese boys for the first time in 15 years, following the recent Nobel Prize awards to Japanese scientists, Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. has said.

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

  • Uniqlo opens its doors to job-seeking asylum-seekers at home and abroad

    04 Jan 2018 14:36 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Fast Retailing Co., the parent company of major retailer Uniqlo, has put out the welcome mat for Japan’s small number of recognized refugees, offering job opportunities for some who might dream of careers in fashion or sales.

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

  • Forestry industry has growing appeal for Japan’s young women

    03 Jan 2018 13:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The lure of nature and a slower pace of life are attracting a growing number of young women to Japan’s traditionally male-dominated forestry business, and their participation may help it cope with an aging workforce and a shortage of manpower.

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

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