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30% of Japanese companies keen to increase hiring of new grads in 2020: poll
A recent poll found that more than 30 percent of Japanese companies surveyed are planning to hire more new graduates next spring than they did this year.
Major Japanese firms expected to report first annual drop in net profits in three years
Japan's major nonfinancial companies are expected to post lower consolidated net profits for the first time in three years for fiscal 2018 ending next month, a survey says. The firms' combined net profit is likely to fall 3.9 percent from the previous year due mainly ...
Rising labor costs biggest threat to Japanese firms in Asia: survey
Rising labor costs and shortages of skilled labor are the largest downside risk to Japanese firms operating in Asia, with 76 percent of respondents to an NNA survey calling them their top concerns. Among the 630 respondents at Japanese companies in East Asia, Southeast Asia, ...
The number of corporate bankruptcies nationwide in November rose 6.1 percent from a year earlier to 718, up for the first time in three months, Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd. said. Total liabilities left by failed companies fell 16.7 percent to ¥121.279 billion, dropping for the ...
Japanese firms face tough choices as U.S.-China trade war drags on
The companies must either make massive changes to how their products are assembled or bide their time until a compromise is reached.
80% of major Japanese firms expect domestic economy to grow in 2018
Over 80 percent of major companies expect the economy to grow toward the end of this year, but most do not see the expansion lasting beyond the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, according to a recent Kyodo News survey. Around 82 percent of the 113 companies surveyed ...
Government-led campaign hopes to ease 2020 Tokyo Olympic traffic by promoting telecommuting
A government-led campaign began Monday to encourage more companies to introduce telecommuting, with hopes that letting employees work away from the office could help ease traffic congestion during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Around 2,000 companies and organizations are expected to join the "Telework ...
Majority of job-seeking university students put off by AI-powered candidate screening
As more companies turn to artificial intelligence to discover new talent, a recent survey has shown that a majority of job-seeking university students don't want their abilities judged by the technology. About 67.5 percent of 1,258 university and graduate students slated to graduate in March ...
Japan firms in Thailand plan to raise wages by 4.4% on average this year
Japanese companies operating in Thailand are considering raising wages by an average 4.4 percent this year, according to an annual survey by NNA. Of 403 Japanese companies surveyed, 305 firms, or 75.7 percent, plan to implement wage hikes for workers and those in managerial positions. The ...
Japan looking to fuel 'productivity revolution' by doubling growth in labor productivity
The Abe administration will aim to double labor productivity growth to 2 percent in the three years through 2020 from 0.9 percent, the average for the five years through 2015, according to informed sources. The government is set to include the target in a package ...
