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  • 01 Feb 2016 12:37 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The number of foreign workers in Japan totaled 907,896 at the end of October, the most since the government started requiring employers to submit reports on their non-Japanese employees in 2007, the labor ministry said.

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

  • 29 Jan 2016 12:43 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's job availability was at its best level in 24 years in December, the government data showed Friday, as companies sought more workers in an increasingly tight labor market.

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

  • 24 Jan 2016 13:11 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will launch a number of new projects beginning next fiscal year aimed at helping elderly people to work, as part of efforts to realize Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s centerpiece policy of a society in which all 100 million-plus citizens are dynamically engaged.

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

  • 20 Jan 2016 13:09 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Bank of Japan officials are increasingly expressing disappointment at subdued annual wage talks, according to people familiar with the discussions, making next week’s monetary-policy decision a closer call.

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

  • 19 Jan 2016 12:45 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in his annual policy speech will call for training 250,000 workers in nursing care-related fields to reach the government’s goal of reducing to zero the number of people who leave their jobs to provide nursing care for family members, it was learned Tuesday.

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

  • 18 Jan 2016 13:30 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Labor minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki said Wednesday his ministry will investigate why around 2 million workers are not members of the employees’ pension program despite being eligible.

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

  • 15 Jan 2016 13:27 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Companies in Japan are strengthening their support for minorities known as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, amid growing social understanding for members of that community.

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

  • 14 Jan 2016 13:14 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will launch a probe to identify companies neglecting their obligation to have employees join the appropriate public pension scheme, officials have said.

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

  • 13 Jan 2016 13:23 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan will strengthen oversight of its foreign trainee program that critics say serves as a hotbed for forced labor and other human rights violations.

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

  • 09 Jan 2016 12:14 | JHRS (Administrator)

    There has been a lot of discussion recently about allowing more foreign workers into Japan to make up for severe labor shortages in some fields. As of the end of 2014, the labor ministry estimated there were 790,000 foreign nationals working in Japan legally, which is more than the number of national civil servants (640,000).

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

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