Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Japan as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Japan: Ministries counted dead and retired people in totals to meet legal quotas for disabled employment
A special legal panel set up by the Japanese government to investigate compliance with disability quotas has confirmed widescale misreporting by central government ministries and agencies …
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Japan: August real wages fall as rising gasoline prices threaten consumption
Over the year to August 2018, real (inflation adjusted) wages decreased by 0 …
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Japan: Govt to grant permanent residency to foreign workers with high-level skills
In an attempt to attract more foreign skilled workers a new category of work permit has been devised – called “worker with particular skills” …
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Japan: Bilateral double taxation agreements with both Estonia and Lithuania concluded
After extensive discussions, Japan has concluded bilateral double taxation agreements with both Estonia and Lithuania …
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Japan: Rising health threats from tuberculosis
There are an increasing number of cases of tuberculosis (TB) amongst foreigners who have come to the country to work …
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Japan/Israel: Gov’t employment rate of disabled halved after probe into padding
The government of Japan has been accused of padding its disability employment figures …
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Japan: Death by overwork
With regular reports on the incidence of deaths from overwork can we assume that the majority of Japanese workers have very long working hours? Back in January 2011 the most frequent range of working hours was 40-48 hours per week and this embraced 42% of all employees …
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Japan: June real wages rise at fastest pace since 1997
Over the year to June 2018, the real (inflation adjusted) wages increased by 2 …
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Japan: Visa rules for startup bosses to be eased
Something to note for Brexit-concerned business executive looking overseas as an alternative is the fact that from September 2018, foreign business owners renting shared office space in Japan will qualify for business manager visas in the country …
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Japan/Philippines: Filipino business travelers to get 10-year visa to Japan
Under a statement released by the Japanese Embassy in Manila, Filipino business travellers will now be eligible for a 10-year visa allowing them to make multiple entry short-term business trips …
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Japan: Parliament approved a Work Reform Bill to limit overtime to less than 100 hours a month
A new law marks a major turning point in Japan’s labour practices …
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Japan: New Japan tech blasts sleepy employees with cold air to jolt them awake
A new system – co-developed by air-conditioning manufacturer Daikin and electronics giant NEC – which monitors the movement of the employee’s eyelids with a camera attached to a computer is now on trial …
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Japan: Cashless trends
Companies operating in National Strategic Special Zones have proposed to the Japanese government that they use a system involving digital payment of wages to electronic wallets on mobile smartphones …
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Japan: Two Japan Supreme Court cases clarify when discrimination against fixed-term workers is OK
On June 1st 2018 Japan’s Supreme Court issued its two first decisions on the application of Article 20 of the Labour Contract Act which prohibits unreasonable differences in the working conditions of fixed-term employees and indefinite-term employees …
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Japan: ¥26 increase in minimum wage urged
A Labour Ministry panel decided recently to propose raising the mandatory minimum hourly wage for fiscal 2018 by ¥26 (US$0 …
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