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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!

  • Part-time wages surging in Japan amid worker shortages

    22 Mar 2017 23:29 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan's part-time wages are on the rise, with the February hourly average breaking the 1,000 yen ($8.94) mark, as companies sweeten offers to recruit restaurant workers and administrative staff in a tight labor market.

    Source: http://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Corporate Japan test drives internships in race for talent

    21 Mar 2017 23:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Employers in Japan are stepping up recruitment via internships to secure young university-trained prospects as competition in the domestic labor market intensifies.

    Source: http://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Subsidized child care slightly raises women's employment in Japan

    21 Mar 2017 15:26 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began a campaign called "womenomics" in 2013 in a bid to empower women and boost the economy by increasing female participation in the labor force. Womenomics has been an integral part of Abe's policy package, dubbed Abenomics, and one of its three main goals is to push up the birthrate to 1.8 by providing 500,000 additional child care slots from 2016 to 2018.

    Source: http://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Japan’s college graduates have rare luxury of too many jobs available

    20 Mar 2017 13:22 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Graduate recruitment in Japan looks a bit like a scene from the movie The Matrix. Hordes of students dressed in identical black suits and white shirts make the rounds of seminars, tests and interviews. Even as jobs outnumber applicants, these “Agent Smiths” still fight it out for coveted positions at big-name companies, while leaving smaller employers out in the cold.

    Source: http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/

  • Push for foreign students to stay on to work in Japan

    17 Mar 2017 13:14 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan is hiring foreign talent and it is now a top priority that international students attending Japanese universities stay on in the country, with the government offering new incentives such as subsidised company internships, help with finding jobs on graduation, stepped-up Japanese language courses and more streamlined processes for work visas after graduation.

    Source: http://www.universityworldnews.com/

  • Japan raise for part-time work shows wage pressure

    15 Mar 2017 13:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- A labor shortage is helping Japan's temporary and part-time workers win greater pay increases than its full-timers, a reversal that adds to signs of gains by lower-wage workers globally.

    Source: http://www.marketwatch.com/

  • ‘Premium Friday’ campaign draws little attention in Tokyo

    04 Mar 2017 14:36 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Only 3.7 percent of Tokyo area employees left work early last month to mark the launch of the “Premium Friday” quit work early campaign on Feb. 24, an online survey says.

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

  • Fewer workers, higher wages: Japan Inc feels demographic pinch

    02 Mar 2017 14:40 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Unable to hire enough employees to staff its nurseries at a time of strong demand, JP-Holdings Inc is paying more overtime and bringing in part-time workers to fill shifts. That's eating into its bottom line - a trend seen across Japan's labor intensive industries, from delivery companies to restaurants and even the 400,000-employee strong postal system. 


    Source: http://www.reuters.com/

  • Forcing workers to relocate slowly growing less common at Japanese firms

    21 Feb 2017 00:33 | JHRS (Administrator)

    With the rise in female employees and the graying of society, more companies are allowing staff to reject relocations without risking promotions as Japan’s work environment slowly grows more family-friendly.

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

  • Japan eyes unemployment insurance for multiple-job holders

    21 Feb 2017 00:30 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- The growing ranks of Japanese working two or more jobs may soon enjoy a firmer safety net, as the labor ministry aims to offer unemployment benefits to those working a combined 20 hours a week at multiple companies.

    Source: http://asia.nikkei.com/

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