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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!

  • 60 seen as too young to retire in aging, worker-short Japan

    15 Jul 2016 12:31 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Hiroshi Suzuki had a fulfilling career in which he traveled the world as an engineer. Then, at age 65, he retired. That didn’t last long. For the past seven years Suzuki, 72, has been a nursing aide in the Tokyo area, and says he’s years away from true retirement. Economists say if Japan wants to alleviate its worsening labor shortage, it needs a whole lot more people like Suzuki, who is atypical by working into his 70s.

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

  • Nagoya firm among those tapping workers who need flex-time jobs

    12 Jul 2016 12:27 | JHRS (Administrator)

    More and more small- and medium-size companies are allowing full-time employees to work shorter hours so they can spend more time with their families. The move is likely to help housewives, regarded as an untapped labor supply, to play a part in resolving Japan’s labor shortage amid its falling birthrate and aging population.

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

  • Japan to ease government staff rules on nursing-care leave

    07 Jul 2016 12:33 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Currently, full-time employees working for the national government can take leave to care for parents, spouses or children, whether they live under the same roof or not. But for grandparents, siblings or grandchildren, they can only do so if they live together.

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

  • Japanese workplaces inching toward LGBT inclusion

    04 Jul 2016 14:10 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Employers in Japan are at long last being pushed toward embracing LGBT-friendly policies by businesses overseas, though changing corporate cultures could prove a tougher challenge.

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

  • Job opening-to-seeker ratio rewrites 24-year high

    01 Jul 2016 14:04 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The nation’s ratio of job openings to job seekers inched up to another 24-year high in May, while the nation’s unemployment rate stayed flat in the month, government data showed Friday.

    Source: http://www.the-japan-news.com/

  • Japanese workers distrust their employers, survey shows

    23 Jun 2016 14:08 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Only 22 percent of Japanese workers have “a great deal of trust” in their employers, which is way below the average of eight countries surveyed, according to a new report by EY, the global accounting and consulting firm formerly known as Ernst & Young.

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

  • Toyota plans to expand work-at-home program in August

    12 Jun 2016 14:10 | JHRS (Administrator)

    NAGOYA — Toyota Motor Corp is planning to significantly expand its work-at-home program in August, aiming to support employees rearing children or taking care of elderly family members, company sources say.

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

  • Google, ANA top workplace list for millennials; work-life balance also important: survey

    08 Jun 2016 14:15 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Global internet giant Google, along with local firms All Nippon Airways and Toyota Motor Corp., have emerged as the ideal workplaces for Japanese millennial talent, according to a new survey that has spotlighted the nation’s shifting work culture.

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

  • Govt workers to get yukatsu flextime this summer

    05 Jun 2016 12:22 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government will encourage central government employees to go home early under a morning-oriented work program that will be carried out for the second straight year this summer.

    Source: http://the-japan-news.com/

  • Job interview season begins for univ. students

    01 Jun 2016 12:19 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Companies started employment interviews on Wednesday with university students due to graduate in spring 2017.

    Source: http://the-japan-news.com/

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