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PERSONNEL

Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2023
Panel backs 11-hour gap between work shifts for Japan's civil servants
The National Personnel Authority will consider details of the proposed measures and the timings of implementing them, with the aim of revising related laws.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 15, 2020
One in 7 younger Japan bureaucrats wants to quit government job within few years
The main complaints are the long working hours, lack of work-life balance and insufficient pay, the survey said.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2019
244 candidates passed Japan's civil service hiring exam for people with disabilities in fiscal 2019
The government said Tuesday that 244 applicants passed its national civil service examination for people with disabilities in fiscal 2019.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2019
Women make up record 37% of those passing noncareer civil servant exam in fiscal 2019
The ratio of women who passed annual noncareer-track national civil service examinations rose 3.4 points in fiscal 2019 from the previous year to a record 37.3 percent, the government said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2017
Women set record 25.8% pass rate on civil service exam
Women account for a record 25.8 percent of those who passed the exam for career-track public servants in fiscal 2017, the National Personnel Authority said Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 5, 2016
Court settles legal battle over stroke victim's job performance
The plaintiff had demanded the National Personnel Authority revoke its evaluations and pay u00a53 million in compensation.
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2014
National bureaucrats to get first pay raise in seven years
The National Personnel Authority on Thursday recommended giving civil servants an average raise of 0.27 percent and increasing their bonus by 0.15 of their monthly salary.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 4, 2014
Raising women's profiles, Cabinet names four as ministry bureau chiefs
To increase the number of female bureaucrats, the Cabinet promotes four women to bureau chief at four ministries where women have never held such lofty ranks.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 27, 2014
Abe moves to boost control of bureaucrats
The government has decided to create a new body that's seen as a political maneuver by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to tighten his grip on powerful government bureaucrats.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 24, 2014
Lawson COO Tamatsuka to become chain's next president
Major convenience store chain Lawson Inc. announced Monday that it will appoint Chief Operating Officer Genichi Tamatsuka president on May 1 and that CEO Takeshi Niinami will assume the post of chairman.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2014
Prefectures hardest hit by 2011 quake woefully short of personnel
Fifty municipalities in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures hardest hit by the March 2011 earthquake are likely to have a personnel shortage of more than 2,500 in fiscal 2014, which begins April 1, raising concerns about delay in reconstruction work, the municipalities said Thursday.

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