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Future Looks Bright for Foreign Workers, Disabled in Japan
Japanese companies are opening their doors to more foreign workers, women, elderly people, and disabled people in response to various economic occurrences such as overseas expansion, chronic labor shortage and legal change on the employment of the disabled. These have prompted job fairs to be organized in turn. The companies are going ahead of the revised employment
October 20, 2017A Recap on “Why Are Wages Not Rising Despite the Labor Shortage?”
(This post is a shortened version of University of Tokyo Professor Genda Yūji’s article published in Nippon.com) Japan’s “Hello Work” employment offices reveals that the ratio of job offers to job seekers have been increasing since 2010. As of May this year, there are only 2 people who can fill up a job opening that requires three persons.
October 13, 2017Technical Internship Programs for Konbini Foreign Part-Timers
The convenience store industry in Japan will be offering the government-sponsored Technical Internship Program and Nihongo proficiency for its non-Japanese part-time employees. The Japan Franchise Association is also lobbying for the government to include convenience store management into it. Overall, the program aims to provide technical skills, technology and knowledge to people from developing countries who are working in companies
October 9, 2017Full-Time Worker Shortage in Japan up to 45%
A recent survey made by Teikoku Databank Ltd. released last August 24 showed that Japanese companies are facing a record-high 45% shortage of full-time workers. It is a huge increase from the July 2016 survey showing just 7.5% shortage. Photo credit to: http://homehub.homeloans.com.au Here is the breakdown of the shortage per sector: 69.7% shortage for
October 2, 2017Japan’s Tourism, Real Estate Hires More Asian Workers
Japan’s hotel operators and real estate firms are aggressively hiring foreign workers to capture overseas investors and buyers. The in-bound tourism and investment from wealthy foreign buyers have been booming and increasing. TKP Corp., a Tokyo-based meeting room rental company, has been recruiting several Chinese and Taiwanese nationals every year offering the same compensation as that of their
September 27, 2017