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- 2007/06/22 15:22JPN-Journal.com: New Website
- JPN-Journal.com has evolved out of its old blog structure to become a
news website. Please visit our new website!Your opinions are importan
t to us. Please feel free to let us know what your feel about the new
website.Thank you for your continuing support.Tosh KamiiChief Editor .
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- 2007/05/28 03:40Brazilian Children Falling off from Japan’s Educational System
- Aisin Seiki Co., a supplier of auto parts to Toyota Motor Corp., empl
oys about 1,700 Brazilians among its 6,000 factory workers. A public-h
ousing complex in Toyota City called Homi Estate was built in the 1970
s to house workers at Toyota's parts suppliers. Now, 45% of the roughl
y 9,000 residents are predominantly Brazilian.According to a national
survey conducted in 2005 by the Internal Affa ... [続きを読む]
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- 2007/05/27 17:57Waves of Foreign Workers
- The first big wave of foreign workers came in the “bubble era” of the late 1980s when Japan admitted tens of thousands of Iranians to enter with tourist visas. Many of these Iranians stayed in Japan despite expiration of their tourist visas and began to work illegally. When the bubble economy burst, the government required Iranian visitors to meet the tighter entry requirements already required... [続きを読む]
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- 2007/05/26 17:49The Less Known Route to Foreigners Entering Japan
- Foreign workers currently don't present economic threats to Japanese
workers because they tend to work in agriculture and construction indu
stries, jobs that many of today’s Japanese workers don’t want. And
many are scattered around the country in small, rural communities whi
ch are cut off from mainstream society such as Tokyo and Osaka.Moreove
r, because of the falling birth rate, Japan's wor ... [続きを読む]
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- 2007/05/26 14:53Aging Japan Embraces Foreign Workers
- Japan, long known for its resistance to mass immigration, is graduall
y starting to deploy more foreigners to solve its labor shortage. Fore
igners, the term often used to refer to non-Japanese nationals living/
working in Japan, are taking up jobs in rural areas where industries s
uch as agriculture and textiles are struggling. Large companies are fi
lling their factories with foreigners to assemble ... [続きを読む]
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- 2007/05/22 13:33 Corporate Tuition Aid Keeps Workers Loyal
- Economists have long questioned the value of corporate tuition-assist
ance programs, asserting that employees' new degrees would make them m
ore marketable and more likely to leave.But a growing body of research
concludes just the opposite: Paying for employees' education makes th
em more likely to stay.One new study, by Stanford graduate student Col
leen N. Flaherty, found dramatical ... [続きを読む]
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- 2007/05/07 12:36Types of Income
- 1. Interest IncomeInterest income includes interest from bonds, debent
ures, and interest on savings, as well as distributions from earnings
derived from investment and loans trusts. In general, inco [続きを読む]
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- 2007/04/25 12:21 Experienced hires on the rise
- Major companies are increasingly hiring experienced employees. Accord
ing to a research conducted by Nihon Keizai Shinbun, hiring of experie
nced employees increased by 6.1 percent compared to last year ... [続きを読む]
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- 2007/04/25 11:56More people switching jobs
- According to a research by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Commun
ications, 3,460,000 people, 1.8 percent increase from prior year, swit
ched jobs in 2006, marking the highest number of people chan [続きを読む]
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- 2007/04/24 13:22 Nissan to Cut 12,000 Jobs in Japan
- Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. the maker of Fairlady Z and Skyline announced
on April 23 its course on implementing early retirement programs targe
ting approximately 12,000 employees in the manufacturing and ... [続きを読む]
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- 2007/04/24 12:31 Manage your time, seize your success
- Wonder what makes successful people succesful? Good time management.
But don''t worry, this is a skill that can be acquired with a little
discipline.1. Don''t leave your e-mail sitting in yo ... [続きを読む]
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- 2007/04/11 14:30 More Elderly Workers
- Elderly between ages 55 and 69 are working more according to a report
released Monday, April 9, 2007 by the California Budget Program. The
proportion of men and women ages 55 to 69 who are working ros ... [続きを読む]
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- 2007/04/05 16:31Famous Quote by Judge Learned Hand
- "Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinis
ter in so arranging one''s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible
. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody ow [続きを読む]
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- 2007/04/03 14:16 After Hour Drinking Function Considered Work
- On March 28th, in a case where a wife of a 44 year-old corporate mana
ger who, on his way home, died falling off stairs at a subway station
sued the Central Labor Standards Inspection Office for denyin ... [続きを読む]
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- 2007/04/02 05:43友人との語り合い：日本について
- 昨夜、日本の大学時代から親しくしているその友人とニュージャージー州のフォート・リーにある韓国料理屋で夕食を済ませたあと、その友人宅にお邪魔しました。互いに幼い頃から高校生卒業までニューヨークで育ち大学で日本に戻った帰国子女です。大学卒業後は互いに日本で就職し、数年の東京での勤務後、ニューヨークに戻ってきました。昨日はそんな友人と深夜まで日本の良いところ・悪いところについて語り合い、色々と新たな発見 [続きを読む]
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- 2007/03/29 16:12 Large Companies, Big on Supporting Child Care Leave
- Large companies are expected to increase their support for employees
taking child care leaves from April. Sony Corporation created a system
of paying an allowance of 50,000 yen and a major supplier of ... [続きを読む]
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- 2007/03/19 15:29 時間外労働の割増率アップが意味すること −労務監査−
- 「厚生労働省は、長時間労働を減らすための残業代割増率の引き上げについて、今通常国会に提出する労働基準法改正案に「月８０時間を超える残業に５０％以上の割増率」という具体的数値を明記することを決めた。」（日本経済新聞、２００７年３月９日） 割増率アップの理由として、割増率をあげることで企業の人件費負担へに意識を改めさせ、強いて長時間労働を抑制することがあげられています。しかし、 ... [続きを読む]
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- 2007/03/18 15:44 時間外労働の割増率アップが意味すること −ワーク・ライフ・バランス−
- 「厚生労働省は、長時間労働を減らすための残業代割増率の引き上げについて、今通常国会に提出する労働基準法改正案に「月８０時間を超える残業に５０％以上の割増率」という具体的数値を明記することを決めた。」（日本経済新聞、２００７年３月９日）残業代割増率の枠組みとしては、１ヶ月の残業時間が、?４５時間以下だった社員対し最低２５％の割増率?４５時間超８０時間以下だった社員 ... [続きを読む]
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- 2007/03/15 15:33 業務中の私用時間
- 米国の人材派遣会社 OfficeTeam の調査よると、米国の従業員たちは平均にして、１日３６分、または週に３時間の業務時間を私用にあてていることことが分かった。調査対象者にうち、男性回答者は１日４４分、女性回答者は１日２９分を私用にあてており、男性は女性より１５分ほど多くの時間を仕事以外の時間に費やしていることが浮かび上がった。また、年齢別に見ると、１８〜３４歳の従業員は ... [続きを読む]
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- 2007/03/13 15:37 仕事の掛け持ち
- 米国では、7.7億人、労働人口の5％以上が二つ以上の仕事についていることが米国の労働統計局の調査で分かった。19人に1人という高い割合である。その背景には主に二つの理由が浮かび上がる。一つは、アメリカ人の平均寿命が延びていることである。寿命が延びるということはそれだけ仕事に就いている年数も増える。そのため、自分に本当にあった仕事を探すため、多くの人が仕事を掛け持ちするように ... [続きを読む]
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- 2007/03/11 19:19 女性と老後
- 誰もが夢見る安定した老後の生活は、企業年金の廃止や減額など昨今の経済状況のなか大きく揺さぶられている。しかし、その揺れは男性よりも女性を脅かしている、と専門家は唱える。近年の離婚率・母子家庭の増加、育児のためのキャリア中断、男性よりも寿命が長いこと、などが要因となっている。今年4月1日から離婚時の厚生年金の分割が可能になるものの、それだけで老後の生活を安定的なものにすることは困難と思われる。壮年離 ... [続きを読む]
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