Japan's job availability improves to fresh 44-year high in September
There were 1.64 openings for every job-seeker in the month, the highest level since January 1974 and up from 1.63 in August, according to the ministry.
Japan's job availability at 43-year high, jobless rate steady
Job availability improved for a fifth consecutive month to a 43-year high while the unemployment rate remained unchanged in July, government data showed Tuesday, highlighting Japan's ongoing labor shortage issue. The job availability rate rose to 1.52 positions per job seeker in July, up from ...
NTV, Toyo Eiwa student settle over broadcaster's rescinded job offer
Nippon Television Network Corp. reached a court-mediated settlement Thursday with a female college student who sued the broadcaster for rescinding an earlier offer for an announcer's job because she had worked at a night club. In the suit filed with the Tokyo District Court, Rina ...
41% of Hello Work job ads are misleading, ministry probe finds
A labor ministry probe into wanted ads placed on the Hello Work employment network finds that many mislead job-seekers with false claims about hours and pay.
A preliminary report by the education ministry shows that roughly 1 in 5 of the country's university graduates this spring were either jobless or without secure employment. The 20.7 percent of graduates in the category represented a 2.2 percentage point decline from a year earlier. Of ...
Miki Hotta, 26, works in Jakarta as a reporter for a local Japanese-language newspaper after failing to land a job back in Japan with any of the firms she contacted. Hotta started job hunting in September 2008 as a Nagoya college junior, and sent employment ...
