Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Japan as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Japan: Legal enquiries rose by 22.5%
The number of enquiries made to the Okinawa Labour Bureau last year rose by 22 …
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Japan: Government to extend special measure for job subsidy plan
The special measure for job adjustment subsidies has been extended by three months until the end of this year …
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Japan: Average minimum wage to rise by ¥1
From October 1st 2020, at the earliest, minimum wage rates will rise very slightly in many Prefectures across the country …
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Japan: Nojima’s employees can work until they are 80
From next Spring, the Labour Ministry will be pressing employers to design jobs to enable them to be undertaken until the age 70 …
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Japan: NEC and JTB tie up to offer empty hotel rooms to teleworkers
In order to overcome the problem of poor occupancy rates and employees not having suitable space at home to undertake teleworking, a novel arrangement has been developed to allow employees to work at a distance in hotel rooms …
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Japan: Job availability continues to drop
The number of new job openings fell over the year to May by 32 …
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Japan: Public holidays changes
The timing of the changed public holidays to coincide with the postponement of the Olympics to 2021 has been announced …
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Japan: Promotion of the employment of persons with disabilities
A special campaign is being run by the National Employment Information Association from July to September this year to promote the employment of people with disabilities …
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Japan: PPI Act changes
Several important amendments have finally been approved to the Protection of Personal Information Act …
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Japan: Unicharm provides allowance of ¥3,000 for online social gatherings
The major disposable hygiene products company Unicharm has abandoned its use of “core time” and left employees complete freedom to work each day at any time between 7am and 7pm …
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Japan: Amendments to the Whistleblower Protection Act
Amendments to the Whistleblower Protection Act have just been introduced …
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Japan: Tokyo bans diners from smoking indoors
The Tokyo anti-smoking ordinance has just come into force …
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Japan: Protections to job hunters from sexual harassment
A survey of major companies conducted by Kyodo News, Japan’s leading news agency, has found that two-thirds had recently taken steps to protect student applicants from sexual harassment …
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Japan: Those with visas expiring in July 2020 get extra three months to renew
A further three-month grace period will be granted for foreign nationals whose residency status, or period of stay,will expire by July 2020 …
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Japan: Abe extends state of emergency to May 31
The Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe has extended the state of emergency until the end of May …
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