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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!

  • A year into his job, Bank of Japan chief Ueda gets 1 mission accomplished

    15 Apr 2024 23:22 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Reuters) -A year into his job, Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said he had achieved a goal he set when taking the helm: changing the bank's complex monetary stimulus into a simpler framework.

    Speaking in parliament on Monday, he also said the BOJ would continue with such efforts and set monetary policy in accordance with changes in the economy.

    Source: https://www.msn.com

  • Nearly 60% of job seekers in Japan survey eager to join workplace social events

    15 Apr 2024 23:10 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- While many workers may be thinking about how to get to know their new colleagues with the start of the new fiscal year in April, a recent survey by a Tokyo-based human resource information service company found 59.6% of job seekers wanted to attend workplace events.


    Source: https://www.msn.com

  • 'Resignation agency' receives scores of requests from new employees in Japan

    15 Apr 2024 23:08 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- A "resignation agency" in Japan that handles negotiations with companies on behalf of employees when they quit has already received scores of requests from new hires just two weeks into the new fiscal year.

    In many cases, employees apparently say they decided to quit because the situation differed from what they had heard before they joined the company.

    Source: https://www.msn.com


  • Japan’s young workers head abroad as huge wage gap persists

    15 Apr 2024 23:05 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO - Mr Tomoki Yoshihara starts his shift at a meat-processing plant in rural Australia at 5am, and earns three times more butchering lambs for almost 50 hours a week than he did as a member of Japan’s military. 

    He is among a record number of young Japanese granted working holiday visas in Australia last financial year, lured by higher wages that are made even more attractive by the weakening yen.

    Source: https://www.straitstimes.com


  • Japan February Jobless Rate Unexpectedly Rises to 5-Month High of 2.6% on Job Cuts, New Job Seekers, after Easing to Near 4-Year Low of 2.4% in January

    31 Mar 2024 22:34 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japanese payrolls posted a 19th straight rise on year in February amid labor shortages at factories, communications firms, hotels and restaurants, but the unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to a five-month high of 2.6% after falling to a nearly four-year low of 2.4% in January from 2.5% in December, data released Friday by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications showed.

  • Japan turns to new technologies to counter labor shortages

    31 Mar 2024 22:30 | JHRS (Administrator)

    For a number of years, companies have been trying to adapt to this new situation by expanding their recruitment base, notably by hiring more women, but also the elderly, who are authorized to work until the age of 70 or more. Authorities are even considering raising the retirement age for cab drivers from 75 to 80.

    Source: https://www.lemonde.fr

  • Japan Logs Fastest Wage Increase since 1994

    31 Mar 2024 22:09 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Tokyo, March 28 (Jiji Press)--The average monthly pay of full-time workers in Japan in 2023 rose 2.1 pct from the previous year, the fastest growth since 2.6 pct marked in 1994, according to a government survey.

    The 2023 average stood at 318,300 yen, hitting a record high for the second consecutive year, the labor ministry's Basic Survey on Wage Structure showed Wednesday.

    Source: https://www.nippon.com

  • Japan adds driver and railway roles to skilled foreign worker visa

    31 Mar 2024 22:06 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government on Friday added four new industries to its foreign skilled worker visa program as it moves to address the nation's driver shortage by allowing more people access to stays of up to five years.

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

  • Japan eyes up to 800,000 more skilled foreign workers over next 5 years

    13 Mar 2024 16:39 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO - Japan is set to sharply increase the number of foreigners it accepts under its skilled worker visa with plans to receive up to 800,000 people in the next five years, a source familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

    In an attempt to cope with an acute labor shortage, the government is considering adding the road transportation, railway, forestry and timber industries as targets of the visa system, which was introduced in April 2019, the source said.

    Source: https://english.kyodonews.net

  • Japan’s top airlines to hire 3,700 workers in the next year

    13 Mar 2024 16:32 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s two biggest airlines — All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines — announced plans to recruit more than 3,700 new employees in the fiscal year ending in March 2025 to meet the continued demand following the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

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