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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!

  • Japan's career women find little to cheer since Abe promise

    24 Jan 2018 12:43 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Five years after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised to create a workplace where women can "shine," or reach their full potential, only a fifth feel their conditions have improved, according to a Nikkei survey. 

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

  • Let's get real about female equality in corporate Japan

    22 Jan 2018 14:02 | JHRS (Administrator)

    About 150 years after it opened up to the rest of the world, Japan is one of the globe's most developed, prosperous and democratic countries. But in some ways it remains a place apart, especially when it comes to the role of women in leadership posts.

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

  • Japan to Allow Fourth-Generation Japanese Immigrants to Work

    22 Jan 2018 12:45 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Justice Ministry said Monday it will solicit public comments on a new residence program allowing fourth-generation Japanese immigrants in South America and elsewhere to work in Japan.

    Source: https://www.nippon.com/

  • Teething troubles in tapping into Japan pensions from abroad

    21 Jan 2018 14:01 | JHRS (Administrator)

    As reported in a previous Lifelines column, eligibility rules for old-age pensions were changed in August last year. You now need only to have been in the system for 10 years, rather than 25, in order to be eligible for payment after retirement.

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

  • 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/

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