Publisher's Message

Advancing the HR agenda in Japan and a Time for Celebration - Jun Kabigting

The HRA Editorial 

Justice in Japan: Aligning Written Laws and Cultural Dynamics -Annette Karseras

Feature Story 

HR Departments

• Employee Relations
  
• • Labor Contracts Law in Japan: What You Need to Know and Do - Baker & McKenzie 
    
  • Defining Severance Packages - Atty. Vicki Beyer
    
  • Letting Go of Employees the Japanese Way - Jun Kabigting
  • Lessening Dismissal Pains- Atty. Mie Fujimoto
• HR Compliance                                                        Compliance in California: Navigating Employment Law - Atty. Toby Mallen
  

Columns

• JHRS Community News                                                    Launching of the JHRS Green HR Initiative - Chad Stewart
• AskHR by Andrew and Yoshi                                      Dismissing Employees in Japan
• HR Legal Clinic                                                           Reporting Work Hours in Japan - Atty. Jiro Oyama
  
• HR Maestro                                                                Mitsubishi Fuso's Shigeki Egami on Global HR
• HR Best Practice                                                         Ombuds Services: Diffusing Workplace Conflict Before it Gets into Court - Dr. Grant B. Stillman

PLUS:

(Advertorial) Conducting Anti-Social Forces (ASF) Check in Japan by First Advantage Japan (FADV)