Commentary / Japan Oct 17, 2018
The need for a skill-based approach to jobs
by Yoko Ishikura
Keidanren's easing of recruiting limitations represents a small step toward better hiring practices in Japan.
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Business Oct 14, 2018
Business lobby Keidanren's plan to nix hiring rules makes waves in Japan
by Su Xincheng
Every spring, hordes of young people dressed in matching dark business suits descend on workplaces across the country. They have not yet joined the ranks of the country's ubiquitous salarymen and women but rather are university students beginning a monthslong job hunt. But as companies ...
Business Oct 9, 2018
Keidanren to scrap long-held Japan recruitment guidelines in 2021
Japan’s largest business lobby has decided to scrap its long-held guidelines for corporate hiring of university students to give flexibility in recruiting amid increasing competition for new talent.
Editorials Sep 15, 2018
Many uniquely Japanese employment practices that lie behind recruiting guidelines are changing at a dizzying pace.
Business Sep 10, 2018
A Japanese business mission arrived in Beijing on Sunday as the governments of both countries continue preparations for mutual visits by their leaders. The team, which has 240 participants, was formed by the Japan-China Economic Association, whose chairman is Shoji Muneoka of Nippon Steel & ...
Business Sep 5, 2018
Keidanren arranging talks over review of graduate hiring rules
Keidanren is arranging talks with the government and universities to review its guidelines on the hiring of university graduates, it was learned Wednesday. The country's biggest business lobby, also known as the Japan Business Federation, hopes to discuss whether to introduce year-round recruitment for university ...
Business Sep 4, 2018
Cabinet members voiced support for an idea by the head of Keidanren to scrap guidelines that set the recruitment schedule for new college graduates beginning in spring 2021.
Business Jul 10, 2018
Major Japan firms dish out 2.53 percent wage hike on average during spring labor talks
Major companies agreed to raise monthly employee pay by ¥8,539, or 2.53 percent, on average for unionized workers in this year's shunto spring labor-management talks, a survey showed Tuesday. The average pay hike topped 2 percent for five years in a row and exceeded ¥8,000 ...
Business / Economy May 31, 2018
New Keidanren chief Hiroaki Nakanishi calls for no delay to 2019 consumption tax hike
Japan needs to raise its 8 percent consumption tax to 10 percent in October 2019 as planned, Hiroaki Nakanishi, new chairman of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), said in a recent interview. "A postponement to keep economic growth in place or alleviate the impact is not ...
Business Mar 17, 2018
Japanese biz lobbies call for EU-Japan trade deal to apply to U.K. during British exit transition
Japan's leading business bodies have called for Tokyo's trade deal with the European Union to apply to Britain during the around two-year transition phase that will help smooth the U.K.'s exit from the bloc. In a joint statement, the Japan Business Council in Europe and ...
National Mar 1, 2018
'Make or break' job-hunting season begins for university students in Japan
Job fairs were held across Japan on Thursday, kicking off the job-hunting season for students graduating from university next spring. The monthslong recruitment process can make or break careers. Lifetime employment is still common in Japan, especially compared to Western countries. This year, students are likely ...
Editorials Jan 25, 2018
It's time for Japanese businesses to ask whether the collective form of annual wage negotiations serve their interests as they face increasingly tough global competition.