Seven-Eleven Japan offers to allow store to end 24-hour operations
Convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan Co. has agreed to allow shorter operating hours for a franchisee in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, company officials said Thursday. The franchiser's regional manager gave documentation containing the contract changes to Mitoshi Matsumoto, the owner of the Higashiosaka store, on Thursday, ...
Seven-Eleven chief warns short-handed franchise owner in Gunma about cutting hours for one night
Seven-Eleven Japan Co. has sent a formal warning to a franchise owner who filed a request to temporarily shorten operating hours due to a shortage of labor, the owner said Friday. The leading convenience store chain has been under scrutiny over its stance toward franchise ...
Companies need to consider rising minimum wages not as a threat to their bottom lines but as an opportunity to secure the manpower they need and improve their productivity by making necessary investments.
Look at the SOFA pool of labor
An overlooked pool of potential workers is the dependent population of U.S. military personnel assigned to Japan.
Nearly 40% of companies see low retention rate for midcareer hires: survey
Close to 40 percent of employers feel they have low retention rates for regular employees hired in the middle of their careers, according to a survey. The survey was conducted online by recruitment agency En-Japan Inc. between late January and late February on companies that ...
Nepal has signed a memorandum of cooperation to send to Japan "specified skilled" workers for the first time. The broad framework agreement, signed in Kathmandu on Monday by Japanese Ambassador Masamichi Saigo and a Nepalese government representative, opens the door to Nepalese blue-collar workers getting ...
The central government is uncertain when preparations for two new visa categories will be completed, with preparatory work unlikely to be concluded before the new permits are introduced on April 1.
Government sources confirmed Thursday the dates and locations, in the Philippines and Japan, for the first round of skill tests for new types of working visas. Tokyo will introduce the new visas in April in the hope of increasing the number of foreign workers with ...
Japan to require foreign workers arriving on new visas to submit medical certificates
The Justice Ministry plans to require foreign workers entering the country using new working visas to submit medical certificates, sources with knowledge of the matter have said. Such foreign workers will be required to receive confirmation by doctors that they are capable of working in ...
Foreign talent eager to work for Japanese firms, but staid office culture a hindrance
Dozens of young people from around Asia descended on Tokyo last month for a job fair, dressed in a plain black suit of the type considered "the uniform" for Japanese college students when they meet with prospective employers. Some of the visitors said they were ...
A new immigration policy for Japan
Japan should focus on accepting highly skilled immigrants and leverage domestic resources to solve its shortage of unskilled labor.
