Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Japan as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Japan: Is the Peter Principle perverting the cultural work ethic?
The management consulting firm Shikigaku recently conducted a survey of 300 employees aged 20-39 working for primarily medium sized companies …
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Japan: NTT group to allow 30,000 employees to work remotely
The telecom giant Nippon Telegraph (NTT) is opening up remote working for 30,000 of its employees …
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Japan: Gender pay gap report
The Act on Promotion of Female Advancement requires that those companies employing 300+ employees shall become obliged to reveal their gender pay gaps …
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Japan: Some graduates struggle to find right job fit
University graduates are not primarily concerned with employee benefits when they seek their first job …
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Japan: New travel rules as foreign tourists to be let in
The government opened its borders to business travellers on 1st March 2022 and has since been slowly expanding the types of visitors being allowed to enter …
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Japan: Mitsubishi Electric admits to falsifying data over 40 years
An independent panel has discovered that around 70% of domestic production at Mitsui Electric plants was subject to QC omissions or falsifications …
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Japan: Kishida’s ‘new capitalism’ plan to include aid for 1 million workers
Brainchild of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the “new capitalism initiative” seeks to increase skill development for over a million workers …
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Japan: Inflation hits 7-year high of 2.1% in April 2022
The government is still experiencing a lower than planned price inflation rate …
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Japan: Official age of adulthood lowered to 18
Age of majority falls from 20 to 18 years …
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Japan: National economic security law
A national economic security law has been enacted which imposes special priorities in strategic sectors and nondisclosure of certain intellectual property …
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Japan: Revises law to make paternity leave more accessible
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is now requiring companies to actively notify their employees about child-rearing leave and encourage men to use it …
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Japan: Government will remove more COVID curbs as infections ebb
As the Omicron variant slowly begins to ebb, the Prime Minister has announced the lifting of curbs on 21st March 2022, along with a further easing of border measures …
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Japan: Government to toughen penalties for cyberbullying
The government has adopted a number of Bills designed to amend the Penal Code and Civil Procedure Law in the field of online libel and cyberbullying …
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Japan: Gender gap persists as women earn 74% as much as men
The Gender pay gap remains wide, in spite of many efforts by some leading companies to narrow it …
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Japan: Government to set human rights due diligence guidelines for companies
A panel has been set up by the government to advise companies on human rights …
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