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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 job availability hits best level in nearly 24 years in November

    25 Dec 2015 13:30 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's job availability improved to its best level in nearly 24 years in November as companies sought more workers in the country's tight labor market, government data showed Friday.

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

  • Record 790,000 foreigners work in Japan, many tackling risky jobs

    24 Dec 2015 13:32 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan is increasingly depending on foreign workers to meet a shortfall in the domestic working population, but many of the jobs are menial or ones that nobody else wants.

    Source: http://ajw.asahi.com

  • Senior workers increasingly taking special leave to look after grandchildren

    21 Dec 2015 13:14 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Amid an increase in two-income households in Japan, the rate of men who take paternity leave is extremely low, and the availability of day care services remains insufficient. So who looks is looking after the children? The answer is often grandparents.

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

  • Over 70% of high school students graduating next spring secure jobs

    14 Dec 2015 12:39 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO — More than 70% of high school students who wish to work after graduation next spring had secured a job as of Oct 31, showing an improvement for the sixth consecutive year, the education ministry says.

    Source: http://www.japantoday.com/

  • Foreign students and workers back life in Japan, but say work for local firms ‘unappealing’

    10 Dec 2015 12:40 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan is overwhelmingly an appealing place to live, but the experience of working for Japanese companies is not as alluring, according to a new survey of foreign students and workers.

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

  • Without safety net, foreign temp workers live on the edge

    04 Dec 2015 12:42 | JHRS (Administrator)

    SAITAMA – Among foreign migrant workers who travel to Japan in quest of a better life, a common narrative stands out — minimal wages, occupational instability, language barriers and an itinerant lifestyle. This is what many factory employees from everywhere from Peru to the Philippines learn to expect.

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

  • Honda plans to lift retirement age in Japan

    02 Dec 2015 12:44 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co plans to raise the retirement age for employees at its Japan operations to 65 years from the current 60 years in a bid to retain workers for longer as the labour force shrinks.

    Source: http://www.employmentlawtoday.com/

  • Japan’s foreign temp workers need ways to blow off steam

    01 Dec 2015 11:58 | JHRS (Administrator)

    SAITAMA – Life is tough enough for migrant workers who travel to Japan for employment. So pity those who lack a support network to help them through health care matters, workplace stress and general blowing off steam.

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

  • Workers in Japan estimated to decrease 12% by 2030 as society grays

    25 Nov 2015 12:16 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The number of workers in Japan will fall by 7.9 million, or 12.4 percent, to 55.61 million from 2014 to 2030 if the graying country fails to attain economic growth and bring more women and the elderly into the workforce, a government estimate has shown.

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

  • Japan Saying Sayonara to Long Hours at the Office

    24 Nov 2015 12:15 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Japanese government is encouraging the change, rewarding companies trying to create a more worker-friendly culture with subsidies. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration has vowed to raise the number of people who work at least one day a week from home to more than 10% of all workers by 2020 from about 4% now.

    Source: http://www.wsj.com/

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