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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 – Ratio of jobseekers to jobs highest in 24 years, jobless rate steady in April

    31 May 2016 12:17 | JHRS (Administrator)
    The ratio of jobseekers to jobs in Japan rose to 1.34 in April, its highest rate since 1991, while the jobless rate in April remained at 3.2%, unchanged from the previous month, according to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.


    Source: http://www2.staffingindustry.com/

    The ratio of jobseekers to jobs in Japan rose to 1.34 in April, its highest rate since 1991, while the jobless rate in April remained at 3.2%, unchanged from the previous month, according to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.  - See more at: http://www2.staffingindustry.com/row/Editorial/Daily-News/Japan-Ratio-of-jobseekers-to-jobs-highest-in-24-years-jobless-rate-steady-in-April-38085#sthash.uTISgzOj.dpuf

  • Record 97% of university graduates land jobs

    20 May 2016 12:16 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A record-high 97.3 percent of university graduates in Japan were employed as of the beginning of the fiscal year on April 1, according to government data released Friday, reflecting companies’ increasing appetite for recruitment.

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

  • Japan sketches out action plan to address wage disparity and low pay for care workers

    18 May 2016 12:14 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government adopted Wednesday a draft blueprint to alleviate pressures from an aging society, pledging to narrow the wage disparity between regular and nonregular workers and to pay staff better at nurseries for children and day care centers for the elderly.

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

  • Regional firms luring mid-career workers from big cities

    11 May 2016 13:01 | JHRS (Administrator)

    In a bid to grow their businesses and address human resource shortages, small and midsize companies in regional centers are increasingly trying to poach managers and senior staff from big firms in major cities such as Tokyo and Osaka.

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

  • Mental illnesses rise among care workers for elderly

    08 May 2016 15:10 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO — Depression and other mental illnesses are on the rise among nursing care workers for elderly people in Japan, apparently reflecting difficult working conditions amid chronic staff shortages in the industry.

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

  • Japan looks to pay employers to set shorter workdays

    04 May 2016 15:06 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan's labor ministry is proposing a new subsidy for companies that set a minimum interval between the time employees leave work and when they return the following morning.

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

  • Top companies move to hire more foreign employees

    01 May 2016 17:33 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s top companies are increasingly moving to give foreign people permanent contracts, judging that the benefits of diversification are well worth the challenges.

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

  • Japan – Wages for part-time workers rising

    29 Apr 2016 17:49 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Wages for part-time workers in Japan are rising with the average hourly wages offered to part-time job applicants in Japan’s three major metropolitan areas increased 1.8% in March from a year earlier, for the 33rd consecutive monthly gain, according to Japanese jobs site Recruit Jobs.

    Source: http://www2.staffingindustry.com/

  • Japan's job availability best in 24 yrs, jobless rate falls in March

    28 Apr 2016 17:36 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's job availability reached the best level in over 24 years and the unemployment rate fell for the first time in two months in March, government data showed Thursday, indicating that the country's labor market remains tight.

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

  • Japan eyes more foreign workers in stealthy challenge to immigration taboo

    27 Apr 2016 17:41 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Desperately seeking an antidote to a rapidly aging population, Japanese policymakers are exploring ways to bring in more foreign workers without calling it an “immigration policy.”

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

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