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RECRUITMENT 2

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Jun 1, 2020
In Japan, gearing up for a new type of job market
Worried about your job? One option is to head to a recruiter for help. The people at RGF Professional Recruitment Japan tell you what you're in for if you do.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
May 13, 2019
South Korean students flock to Japan as birthrate sinks and unemployment climbs
More and more highly educated young people from South Korea, which like Japan has a rapidly graying population and needs more foreign labor for its economy, are coming to Japan because it's difficult to find work at home.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2019
SDF draws fire for recruitment poster featuring female anime characters in skimpy costumes
A Self-Defense Forces recruitment office in Shiga Prefecture has caused a stir by releasing a poster that features female anime characters wearing super-short skirts, which expose what appear to be underwear. Some people have described the image as a form of sexual harassment.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2018
Shrinking applicant pool: Japan's Self Defense Forces struggling to recruit amid population crisis
As a Self-Defense Forces recruiter sat patiently at a booth outside a supermarket in Tokyo one recent weekend, she welcomed a rare visitor, high school student Kazuaki Matsumura.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2017
Japan's top three brokerages to pare grad hiring as households shun stocks
The nation's top three brokerages are cutting back on graduate hires as household investors continue to shun the stock market, squeezing their retail business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2016
Some Japanese firms are shedding the conventional culture of recruitment
Unlike many new graduates, Issei Iimura won't feel too nervous next spring when he begins working at Asatsu-DK Inc., a major advertising company in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2016
Japan Inc. hiring grads via online interviews
Corporate Japan is looking to conduct job interviews online in a move that could benefit both companies and job seekers.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 28, 2016
Poll finds only 24% of top firms plan to expand new grad recruitment in 2017
Nearly a quarter of major firms in Japan that have set hiring plans for fiscal 2017 intend to recruit more new graduates than in fiscal 2016, but the percentage fell short of the previous year's figure, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 2, 2016
Fast Retailing holds early initiation ceremony for new recruits joining April 1
Fast Retailing Co., the operator of Uniqlo casual wear chain stores, welcomed about 400 new recruits with an initiation ceremony at its Tokyo office Wednesday morning, holding the event about a month ahead of the April 1 date common for most major Japanese firms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2016
Job-hunting season kicks off for university students in Japan
Amid a lingering labor shortage at Japanese companies, the job-hunting season for university students due to graduate next spring began Tuesday, with company information sessions being held nationwide.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2015
Self-Defense Forces office slips up with recruiting ad printed on toilet paper
Self-Defense Forces recruiters are now the butt of jokes over a bizarre ad campaign the Defense Ministry apparently saw fit to roll out on toilet paper.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2015
Police recruits scarce ahead of Olympics
The police find themselves in a crunch as the nation's dwindling workers seek out private-sector jobs ahead of Japan's biggest security event in recent memory.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 9, 2015
Nomura, Daiwa boost hiring of grads as stock market climbs
Nomura Holdings Inc. and Daiwa Securities Group Inc. increased hiring of university graduates this year as a stock market rally brightens prospects for the nation's biggest securities firms.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2015
Dispelling the glamor factor of Islamic State
The Pentagon is trying to figure out why Islamic State has been so successful at attracting followers. Islamic State's recruitment imagery offers a different, more contemporary and overtly violent form of glamour.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2014
Nearly a third of companies facing worker shortfall: survey
About a third of Japanese companies with at least 30 workers are facing a shortage of part-time or full-time staff, according to the results of a recent survey by Recruit Works Institute, and many employers see little hope of fixing the problem.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2014
Ministries tussle over female recruits
Recruiters at central government offices have wound up a particularly hectic hiring season this year as they were faced with a new challenge — a tug of war over the best and the brightest female candidates to fulfill Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's order to raise the ratio of women among new employees to 30 percent or more.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2014
Timing is everything in SDF's recruitment drive
Most regard it as ironic, but some call it sinister.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2014
Job hunters: No OT pay a key trait of 'black companies'
Not paying overtime is the biggest "sin" a potential employer can commit to get labeled as an abusive "black company" to be avoided by college students entering the job market, according to a survey of young job hunters.
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2013
13% of firms to up grad hiring: poll
Companies' plans for hiring new graduates is seeing a minor improvement, according to a survey by a labor market research institute.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2013
48% of firms to hire foreign students in Japan in 2014: survey
Nearly half of Japan's companies expect to hire foreigners studying in Japan next year, according to survey by a job information company.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan's former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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