An estimated 890,000 new recruits at companies, public offices and other organizations marked their first day at work on Monday, the first business day of the new fiscal year. Job availability for graduates has continued to improve over the past several years, with 90.6 ...
Graduate recruitment in Japan looks a bit like a scene from the movie “The Matrix.” Hordes of students dressed in identical black suits and white shirts make the rounds of seminars, tests and interviews. Even as jobs outnumber applicants, these “Agent Smiths” still fight ...
The Taiwanese boss of an auto component-maker in the Okinawan city of Uruma is confident that his decision to come to the island prefecture was the right one. “If you have production bases in Okinawa, your products will be labeled ‘made in Japan’ and ...
A growing number of companies are requiring their employees to learn how to interact with the elderly and people with disabilities. In many cases, the skill set is being added to staff training programs. Many companies are requiring workers to obtain a certificate, in ...
Below is a list of key companies affected by the Kyushu earthquakes and the status of their facilities as reported by Reuters and other media. Sony Corp. halted production of image sensors at its plant in Kumamoto. It is inspecting the plant and does ...
Over the past five years, Yuji Shinogi has led a number of projects to buoy his fellow residents in Fukushima Prefecture, which is struggling to shed the stigma from Japan’s worst nuclear power plant accident. In his latest attempt to highlight the positive side ...
Long accustomed to hiring mainly Japanese staff, domestic firms are likely to start diversifying their workforces in response to a declining working population, and to accommodate clients’ needs amid rapid globalization. Bringing talented workers, including more foreign nationals and women, into the labor force ...
A Japanese man in his 30s was seriously injured and another Japanese man suffered minor injuries in Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in Brussels, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Japanese companies operating in Belgium and other European countries have begun checking on and securing ...
Yusuke Kitamura hid his sexuality from colleagues for most of his career. It was only after joining one of Japan’s oldest brokerages last year that he could tell them he was gay. “It was so stressful having to lie, and I was hoping to ...
In the battle for a slice of the ¥8.1 trillion ($72 billion) retail electricity market, Japan’s biggest power companies are lining up against a cuddly bear, a fluffy white dog and a gorilla in business attire. As the government starts fully liberalizing the power ...
Tumult in China triggered the worst opening week for U.S. stocks in history, and this week investors could get plenty more to worry about. Profits are expected to drop at U.S. companies. Again. Earnings for companies in the Standard and Poor’s 500 index are ...
The ruling bloc decides to introduce a corporate version of the furusato nozei (hometown donation) system for revitalizing regional economies that reduces taxes on such donations.
