- A Perfect Guide to Get Jobs and Work in Japan - jopus
- Career Up
- 【Basics】How to write business emails in Japanese
- 【Business Japanese】Answering phone calls
- 【For Foreigners Working in Japan】3 Ways to Improve Your Japanese Listening
- 【For Foreigners Working in Japan】3 Ways to Improve Your Japanese Reading
- 【For Foreigners Working in Japan】How to Improve Your Japanese Speaking
- 【Jobs for Foreign Software Engineers】Three Language Certifications to Acquire Business Japanese
- 【Jobs in Japan for Foreigners】Online Japanese Language Study Services
- Preparing for a Job Interview in Japan
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- Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: Are there any qualifications that might prove helpful when searching for jobs at Japanese companies?
- Q: Can I get a job in Japan with a high school degree from my home country?
- Q: Could I still keep my passport while I am applying for an extension of the period of stay? Also, am I allowed to travel outside of Japan?
- Q: Currently I live in Japan with a Dependent visa. What are the necessary procedures to visit my home country?
- Q: How can I get a driver’s license in Japan?
- Q: How many months in advance should one apply for a renewal of status of residence?
- Q: How should I start a job search in Japan?
- Q: I am changing jobs and need to prove that I am eligible to keep my current status of residence. What are the necessary procedures?
- Q: I am currently outside of Japan and my permitted period of stay is expiring soon. Is it possible to apply for an extension at a local Japanese embassy?
- Q: I am illegally staying Japan beyond the period of stay and wish to leave Japan. What do I need to prepare?
- Q: I don’t know what kind of jobs match my educational background.
- Q: In Japan, when’s the ‘right time’ to search for a job?
- Q: Is it difficult to find a job as an English teacher in Japan if English is not my native language?
- Q: Is it possible to find a job for a stay of less than three months?
- Q: My visa as a Specialist in Humanities/International Services is about to expire and I am changing jobs soon. What is the required visa procedure?
- Q: What do the “status of residence” and “period of stay” mean?
- Q: What is a visa?
- Q: What is the average monthly salary at a Japanese company?
- Q: What is the average starting salary for a new graduate when joining a Japanese company?
- Q: What is the Certificate of Eligibility?
- Q: What is the difference between new graduate recruitment and mid-career recruitment?
- Q: What is the hourly wage for part-time work in Japan?
- Q: What kind of procedure is expected for a foreign national who wishes to invite relatives to Japan during summer vacation?
- Q: When’s the ideal time for foreign students to start job hunting?
- Q: Would I be considered for a position to engage in global operations if I get hired at a foreign company in Japan?
- Q：Can international students work during their stay in Japan?
- Q：What is Minashi Zangyo?
- Q：What is the difference between Gakumen and Tedori?
- Q. With the expiration of my visa, when do I need to get a job offer by?
- Glossary
- Ajenda ; Agenda/Gidai : A topic of discussion/Gijiroku : Minutes
- Aki saiyou: Joining a company in Autumn
- Apointomento:Appointment / Tereapo:Cold call
- Appaku mensetsu: Interview in a stressful situation
- Arubaito: Part-time job
- Buffer
- Burakku kigyou: Company with terrible working conditions
- Chokkou Chokki :Go straight to the client site and right back home
- Chuuto saiyou: Mid-career recruitment
- Closing
- Foreign Technical Intern Training Program
- Gosashū
- Gyomu Itaku ; Subcontracting
- Hakenshain : Temporary Staff
- Hello work: Employment service center operated by the Japanese government
- Hiaring : Hearing
- Highly-skilled professionals （as in, highly-skilled foreign professionals）
- Howaito kigyou: Company with good working conditions
- Immigration Services Agency （Immigration Bureau）
- Inbaundo:Inbound / Autobaund:Outbound
- Ippanshoku: Assistant position limited to general office work
- Jyouryu Koutei；Upstream Process
- Jyuden: Receive a call / Nyuden; Call was received / Kaden: Call or Phone / Kaden: Electric charge
- Keiyakushain；Contract Worker
- Kintai ; Attendance
- Kisha; Your company/ Onsha: Your company
- Kisotsu: Former graduate
- Kuraianto: Client / Kokyaku: Client / Kasutama: Customer / Okyakusama: Customer
- Minshuu: Online review site for job hunting in Japan
- Mission, Vision and Values (MVV)
- Mogi mensetsu: Mock interview
- Mothers Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Nenkou joretsu: Seniority system
- Neruhaya
- Ningetsu (person-month) / Ninnichi (person-day)
- Oinori mail: Notification email sent by a company to unsuccessful candidates
- Permanent residency visa
- Recruitment agency
- Rifararu ; Referral
- Rikabari Suru ；Perform a Recovery
- Rikunabi: Job hunting site
- Risuke ; Reschedule.
- Sabisu Zangyou；Unpaid Overtime
- Seikabutsu ; Deliverable
- Seishain；Full-time Employee
- Shimekiri ; Deadline
- Shinchoku ; Progress
- Shinsostu saiyou: New graduate recruitment
- Shushin koyou: Lifetime employment
- Sougoushoku: Regular full-time position with the prospect of promotion
- Tatakidai
- Terewa-ku(telework)/Rimo-to wa-ku (remote work)/Zaitaku kinmu/zaitaku wa-ku (work from home)/
- The First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Tsuunen saiyou: Year-round recruitment
- Venture kigyou: Startup with a small number of staff
- What is Academic Background Filtering
- Zairyu card: Residence card
- フリーランス；Freelance
- Guide to Changing Jobs in Japan
- How to write a shokumukeirekisho（Japanese Resume）
- Job Board for Expats in Japan
- Job Hunting Guide for International Students
- The steps for receiving a job offer and joining a company
- 4 employment practices of Japanese companies you may need to know before joining a company
- 4 things you need to know about job-hunting in Japan
- What is the job-hunting schedule in Japan?
- The advantages and disadvantages of working at different types of companies
- Finding employment for international students
- Why do Japanese companies employ international students?
- Written exams
- Self-Analysis
- Industry research
- How to write a good resume
- Entry sheets
- Interview
- The procedure to change a visa status
- About job hunting after graduation
- Jobs for Software Engineers
- 【Jobs for Foreign Software Engineers】4 patterns of major career path examples for software engineers in Japan!
- 【Jobs for Foreign Software Engineers】Annual Incomes of software Engineers in Japan
- 【Jobs for Foreign Software Engineers】Characteristics of the Japanese IT Industry
- 【Jobs for Foreign Software Engineers】How can foreigners work as freelance software engineers? Working visas and cautions!
- 【Jobs for Foreign Software Engineers】Japanese Language Levels for IT Industry Jobs
- 【Jobs for Foreign Software Engineers】Salary Ranking by Programming Language in Japan
- For Software Engineers, It Pays to Learn Japanese
- Japan’s Top 3 Spots for Software Engineers: Kansai and Tokai
- Japan’s Top 3 Spots for Software Engineers: Kyushu
- Japan’s Top 3 Spots for Software Engineers: Tokyo
- Navigating Common Pitfalls in Japanese Communication
- The Benefits of Working at a Tech Company in Japan
- The Cons of Being Employed Full-time as a Software Engineer in Japan
- The Cons of Working as a Freelance Software Engineer in Japan
- The Disadvantages of Working at a Tech Company in Japan
- The Pros of Being Employed Full-time as a Software Engineer in Japan
- The Pros of Working as a Freelance Software Engineer in Japan
- The Quitting Quandary: Attempting to Overcome Workplace Issues
- Visa Requirements for Working in Japan’s Tech Industry
- Working in Japan – Expectations Versus Reality
- Key points for employment by industry
- Key points for employment by occupation
- Privacy Policy
- Recruitment Agency for Expats in Japan
- Bizreach
- Doda Recruitment Agency
- En AGENTS
- Foods Labo Agent
- G Talent
- JAC Recruitment
- Jellyfish
- Jopus Connecter
- Levtech Career
- Levtech Freelance
- Massmedian
- Mynavi Agent – operated by a major recruitment company Mynavi
- NIPPON仕事.com
- Pros and cons of recruitment agencies for foreigners
- Ranstad
- Recruit Agent
- Robert Walters
- Spring Tenshoku Agent
- Type Career Agent
- 英語転職.com
- Status of residence
- What to look for in a job search by company size
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- Columns
- 【For Foreigners Working in Japan】What is Nenmatsu Chosei/Gensen Choshuhyo? Explaining taxes in Japan!
- 【For Foreigners Working in Japan】What is Kyuyo Meisai（きゅうよめいさい/給与明細）? Explaining How to Read Japanese Payslips!
- Interview : Speaking frankly and honestly, how is working in Japan?
- The highest paying industries; top 10 revealed from reviews
- Unique cultures you can experience only in Japanese companies - Chorei
- 4 out of 5 students feel they can’t show their real self when job hunting
- Keidanren to scrap its job-hunting rules: some background, and a short discussion of the pros and cons
- What are some popular ways to study Japanese?
- 5 weird things international students have experienced job-hunting in Japan
- Are Foreign Workers Satisfied with Their Job in Japan?
- Joblisting
- 【Osaka】Corporate sales of trading companies
- 【Osaka】UI designer
- 【Tokyo/Kyoto/Osaka】Inbound hotel reception staff
- 【Tokyo】Manager of overseas assets
- 【Tokyo】Bilingual Secretary for the President/Translator【Closed】
- 【Tokyo】WEB engineer / event EC division
- 【Tokyo】IT Engineer【Inexperienced OK】
- 【In-house developed SFA】Back-end Engineer
- 【In-house developed SFA】Front-end engineer
- 【Tokyo】Cloud application development engineer (New graduates)
- 【Tokyo】President's secretary
- 【Tokyo】 HR Search Consultancy
- 【Fukushima / Tokyo / Aichi】IT Engineer (New graduate)
- 【Tokyo】Project Manager
- 【Tokyo】ABAP Engineer
- 【Aichi】Office work / Planning work (Native English)
- 【Yokohama/Kanagawa】Global Venter Support / Legal Affairs
- 【Tokyo】WEB / Application / IoT Development Engineer
- 【Tokyo】Career Supporters
- 【Tokyo】Web App Engineer
- 【Tokyo】Software Engineer
- 【Tokyo】 Customer Support (Russian)
- 【Tokyo】 Customer Support (Thai)
- 【Tokyo】 Customer Support (Indonesian)
- 【Tokyo】Customer Support (Korean)
- 【Tokyo】 Corporate Sales
- 【Tokyo】 IT System Manager
- 【Tokyo】 Lecturer (Candidate Manager)
- 【Tokyo】Customer Support (Spanish)
- 【Kanagawa】 Factory Engineer
- 【Tokyo】 System Engineer
- 【Tokyo】Mobile app engineer (health tech, big data) （CLOSED）
- 【Osaka】Designer of injection molds for plastics （CLOSED）
- 【Tokyo】iOS application engineer/Android application engineer（CLOSED）
- 【Osaka】EC site operation （CLOSED）
- 【Tokyo/Yamaguchi】Cloud developer（CLOSED）
- 【Kagoshima】International Sales（CLOSED）
- 【Saitama】International sales of medical equipment（CLOSED）
- 【Nationwide】Native English Teacher（CLOSED）
- 【Tokyo】Software Quality Consultant（CLOSED）
- 【Osaka】Student Nursery Staff(CLOSED)
- 【Tokyo】Preschool English Teacher（CLOSED）
- 【Osaka】International sales about pets（CLOSED）
- 【Kanto】Staff at a brand new hotel（CLOSED）
- 【Tokyo】Game localization（CLOSED）
- 【Mie】Golf club front-desk staff （CLOSED）
- 【Tokyo】Sales staff in the HR industry（CLOSED）
- 【Tokyo】Service engineer (CLOSED)
- News
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- 【Aug 31】 Jopus Connecter version 0.3.1 Release Notes
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- 【7/19 (Mon)】Jopus Connecter version 0.2.3 Release Note
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- Government support international students in finding jobs, with the aim of 50% employment rate in Japan
- The best benefit of working in Japan for foreigners is "Stable employment", by Originator
- 【Pre-registration now available!】Job-hunting service "Jopus Connecter"
- Tokyo hold an online job fair on May 26, 2021(Wed)
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- Human Global Talent hold job-hunting event "Daijob Career Fair ONLINE" on May 21, 2021(Fri) , for bilingual
- Tokyo hold an online job-hunting seminar on May 12, 2021 (Wed), for foreigner who wish to work in Tokyo.
- Pasona hold job-hunting event for bilingual
- Immigration Services Agency decided to extend 6 months status of residence for technical intern trainees and Specified skilled worker
- JETRO has released promotion videos for talent who wish to work in Japan
- Disco started "CFN Online Spring 2021" for bilingual
- Foreign nationals who have lost their job due to the negative economic effects of the corona virus
- To foreign nationals with a job offer whose employment start date has been postponed due to the negative economic effects of the corona virus
- One of the strongest typhoons never before seen is approaching to Japan
- Survey announces most popular internship companies for 2021 graduates
- Miidas starts new competency test for job seekers to help connect with companies
- Immigration Services Agency reveals positive stance on accepting skilled foreign workers
- Job applicants of 2020 graduates down from last year
- Specific Skilled Worker Facebook group exceeds 2,180 members
- Admission-free community café for job-hunting students to open
- 75% of university students have unofficial job offers as of the end of June
- Leverages to launch employment support service for foreign talent
- Dates for Specific Skilled Worker exam in Asia announced
- Japanese staff approve of foreign staff increase, study says
- Survey finds 74.4% of 2020 graduates have received unofficial job offers
- Specific Skilled Worker visa: 90% of Asian residents interested
- Over 2.6M foreign residents in Japan, up 6.79% from last year
- Dive starts tourism internship program for foreign students
- Miidas starts free personality test for job seekers
- Recruiting to slow down in second half of 2019, study says
- YOLO JAPAN to launch business matchmaking service for Specified Skilled Workers
- Over half of job seekers against lifetime recruitment and seniority-wage system
- Now available: News distribution service on 'white' and 'black companies'
- Immigration Bureau supports its first network for multicultural society
- Advising now available for foreign nursing-care workers in Chiba
- Half of companies hope to hire foreigners for temp positions
- Survey finds 90% of inbound companies actively hire foreigners
- Job market for foreign students is growing in demand
- Over 15,000 highly skilled foreign professionals in Japan: two-thirds of them Chinese
- Japan and Vietnam to cooperate to protect specified skilled workers
- YOLO JAPAN, service for foreign residents, exceeds 100,000 members
- Survey says 72% of people feel they gained self growth through their temporary jobs
- Japan and Indonesia to cooperate to protect specified skilled workers
- Study says 85% of employees want to work until at least 65
- Keyence tops ranking of companies by hourly wage
- All Jobs Japan, a job site, gives you an estimate for the commuting time
- Oricon Survey Finds En TENSHOKU Most Popular and Satisfying Career-change Website
- Rakuten Minshu’s Survey Announces Most Popular Companies for Job-hunting Female Students Graduating in 2020
- MEXT Action Plan for Society Where Japanese and Foreigners Coexist
- Doda Survey: Google in 1st Place in 2019 Job Changing Ranking
- MEXT and Immigration Services Agency to tighten the registration of foreign students
- Career perspective: 75% of students do not aspire to work in AI or IT
- Participation in company related seminars is most influential for joining companies
- Bizmates to officially launch Zipan, an online Japanese learning service for foreign workers
- Business matchmaking website “Tokutei Ginou Navi™️ (Specified Skills Visa Navi™️)” launched, aimed at prospective foreign talent
- Working with foreigners helps cultural understanding, but also brings value differences
- 80% of young adults feel gap between working expectations and reality
- 75.4% of applicants pass proficiency exam for food-service industry
- Partial amendment of the Specified Visa for Designated Activities to allow foreign graduates to engage in food service and manufacturing industries
- Survey finds Suntory most appealing company to work for in 2019
- Job hunting discrimination; 40% of applicants feel hiring based on education, 28% on gender
- According to AIDEM, April average hourly wage for part-time positions 1,052 yen Eastern Japan, 1,010 yen Western Japan
- Business Matchmaking website Musubi launched, aimed for prospective Specified Skills Visa Program applicants in food service and accommodation industries
- International University of Japan establishes Japan-Global Development Program, a 2-year master’s degree
- NTT continues to top ranking of popular IT companies for new graduates
- MAsia, a review website about technical internships and specified skills programs aimed for Vietnamese job-seekers, launches its Japanese version
- Baitoru NEXT reveals number of job openings for full-time and part-time positions in April; big leap of 269% in nursing & care, drivers up by 60% year-on-year
- Over 70% of companies agree with new mandatory paid leave law
- Survey reveals 40% of undergraduate and graduate students have early job offers at end of April
- Survey says 73% of foreigners working in Japan are “Satisfied”
- Employment site Gakujo launches Japan Jobs, a service to match advanced foreign talent and Japanese enterprises
- Foreign part-time workers indicate stricter etiquette is the main difference between Japan and their home countries, according to Mynavi survey
- En HAKEN survey reveals increase in hourly wages for 26% of temporary workers
- Over 90% of non-recent graduates struggle with job hunting
- First Accommodation Industry Proficiency test conducted in April, second test scheduled for October
- Workshift crowdsourcing site reaches 100,000 users across more than 210 countries
- Keidanren announces proposal to promote the year-round hiring of foreign workers
- 80% of companies have staff shortage and same wages for foreign and Japanese staff
- JETRO’s portal site for highly-skilled foreign professionals now available in English
- Survey indicates 64% of companies face labor shortage, 41% open to foreign workers
- Where do domestic and overseas Japanese students want to work?
- Aldio Enterprise – A real time translation call app that supports 15 languages
- Most rewarding moments for workers who use English and other specialized skills [survey]
- Nanacone, one of the largest foreign-affiliated part-time job recruiting services in the Tokai region, launched from April 1
- Works Mobile Japan survey reveals about 70% of Japanese workers are in favor of working with colleagues from other countries
- A new business to help foreign workers settle into living in Japan
- Access Lead to release information website about Japanese technical colleges for prospective foreign students
- Bizmates to launch Zipan, an online Japanese learning service for foreign workers in late May this year
- Average hourly part-time wage nationwide is 1,039 yen as of March 2019
- Employment scams; Embassy of Japan in Vietnam alerts students who plan to live in Japan
- “Companies People Want to Join Today”- Survey reveals top companies
- UNIQLO owner plans 20% increase in starting salary to strengthen global recruitment
- Free online learning service for Food Service Skills Measurement Test started
- The “FJS school” starts from April 1 to support foreign staff working on specified skills visa
- A Video Service is now available to learn Japan’s unique lifestyle and rules at work
- Electric and gas best industries for full time employees, survey says
- Proficiency exam for food-service industry to be held April 25; registration starts late March
- Around 70% of companies will not do any recruitment work during the consecutive 10 public holidays this year – MyNavi survey results indicate
- Mandom survey reveals 90% of recruiters admit impression they receive from appearance of job-seekers affects their selection
- Cabinet council decides on barring placement agencies for foreign workers which have records of offenses under Labor Standards Acts
- 90% of Japanese companies intend to re-employ foreigners. A survey by Japan Association for Working Holiday Makers
- Over 50% of Dining Companies Don’t Understand “Specific Skills” Visa, According to Cookbiz Survey
- Recruit Career announces the “Survey report on Job hunt process as of February 1st” for college students and graduates
- JAPI and Japan Online School Start Free Japanese Video Lessons for Foreign Students Looking for Work
- Leverages’ Career Ticket Starts Job Hunting Support Service for Foreign Students
- The air transport industry tops ranking of industries with the shortest working hours, according to Kyarikone Survey
- Sony Global Education and Fujitsu Group Start Proof-of-Concept for Foreign Student Study Data Management System Utilizing Blockchain
- Around 10% of Companies with Less Than 1,000 Employees Intend to Hire More Foreign Students / Recruit Career Survey
- Recruit Career to release an Augmented Reality Makeup service that offers 8 different looks for job-hunting
- National health insurance to limit eligibility for foreign workers’ families living abroad
- CO-WELL Starts Recruiting Support Service “Will and Way” Focusing on Japanese and Vietnamese IT Engineers
- Pasona to start Personnel Securing Support Service for foreign nationals from April
- While the centralization of population in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area continues, some foreign workers are moving out to other prefectures
- Suragadai Gakuen announces JPET, their new Japanese proficiency test
- 9 out of 10 overseas students glad to have studied in Japan
- JR East welcomes Vietnamese interns to train as international technicians
- Pasona and Mizuho Information & Research Institute to start verification testing on supporting platform for companies who accept foreign workers
- 15% of Companies Actively Hiring Foreigners for Part Time Jobs – My Navi Survey
- Number of foreign nationals working in Japan reach 1.46 million. A record high since the notification made mandatory
- Kanagawa Prefecture and Kanagawa University Partner Up to Promote Internationalization – Through Foreign Student Support and More
- Education loan now available for Indonesian students who wish to pursue a career in Japan
- Jobs relating to overseas projects up by 33% from last year, according to JAC survey.
- All you need to know about job hunting services for foreign workers. The 2018 chaotic map.
- Chuo University to Offer Career Education Support for First Year Students, Aiming to Improve Employment Rate for Foreign Exchange Students
- Bizmates to establish IT center in Philippines to support employment of local personnel for Japanese companies.
- WakuWaku Japan Channel to start in Vietnam with full Vietnamese subtitles
- Number of foreign workers at holiday resorts increasing to accommodate growing Japan inbound tourism
- “Want to return to Japan for work,” 97% of Filipino housekeepers say [survey]
- Google Comes in 1st in Ranking of Rewarding Companies in 2019 – Vorkers Survey
- Consecutive increase in foreign students over past 6 years. Student count goes to 300,000.
- Average hourly wage for part-timers nationwide is 1,051 yen. Kyushu shows an increasing trend
- Non-Japanese people make up 50% of New Adults in Shinjuku, Tokyo
- Doda’s job market forecast for the first half of 2019: highly specialized positions will be in demand
- 70 % of foreigners residing in Japan face language barrier. A survey on awareness about the Japanese work environment
- Interest in Japanese culture tops reasons exchange students study in Japan
- Oricon reveals the ranking of most satisfying recruitment agencies in 2019
- More and more foreign students choosing to work temporarily at Japanese companies while in school, according to findings by Recruit Staffing
- Which companies should you avoid entering? A map of Japan-based corporations with terrible working conditions has been released.
- JETRO launches a new portal site “Open for Professionals” facilitating jobs in Japan
- Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd starts room search and support after occupancy services in Vietnamese
- What are the Best Companies for Female Workers? Career Connections Survey
- 70% of Japanese employees believe that their foreign coworkers are acclimatized to the Japanese working environment, according to WORKPORT
- About 80% of employees in four Asian countries surveyed accept the 5-year limit on the new residence status, according to the Pasona Institute
- Revised Immigration Control Act passed. Up to 340,000 foreigners are accepted within next 5 years
- 80% of Companies Welcome Skilled Foreign Workers-Reuters Company Survey
- 70% of foreign residents in Japan approve of accepting more foreign workers as part of the reform of Immigration law
- Nippon Shigoto.com, Website for Foreign Job Hunters, to Improve its Services
- Most attractive companies for students studying abroad, according to DISCO
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications plans to provide disaster-related information to foreigners
- Human Resocia and Nepalese Universities to provide Japanese Language Education and Job Hunting Support to Technical Students.
- Which Industries Value Diversity? – En Japan Study
- 36% of people changing their job had increase in salary according to survey by Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
- Employment rate of university students show a record-high of 77% as of October
- Lawson and Osaka University Join Together to Offer Scholarships to Foreign Students
- Human Resocia to form a partnership with the Bucharest University of Economic Studies to promote Japanese education in Romania
- Vietnam’s LCC Airlines “VietJetAir” starts service in Japan with first scheduled flight from Kansai to Hanoi
- National health insurance to be limited to families living in Japan as Japanese government prepares for foreign worker influx
- MyNavi survey shows that about 10% of companies to recruit 2019 pass-out foreign graduates
- Prime Minister Abe reveals in policy speech plans to accept more skilled foreign workers
- Japan to face labor shortage of 6.44 million by 2030, according to persol research nstitute and Chuo university joint research
- Best places to work in Japan, according to DODA survey
- A new visa allows foreigners with expertise to work in Japan permanently
- Job hunting rules, decision to maintain the status quo for the time being. Interviews could be attended from June of 4th year in University as per Government’s Policy Decision.
- LINE and En Japan to start new job hunting service “Line Career”
- Approximately 40% of high school graduates and about 30% of university graduates leave their jobs within three years
- Pasona survey about abolishing job hunting rules – 50% of participants agree, 40% in opposition
- Japan's first three-month blockchain education program for foreign students
- Shinsei Bank to set up a one-billion-yen school fund to support overseas students
- Online study program “JLPT e-Learning course” adding support for 6 more languages
- Foreign students working in Japan exceeds 22,000 with an all-time record high. Steep rise in Vietnamese, Nepali students
- What job has the least overtime? DODA published 124 job categories ranked by overtime hours
- Japan and Vietnam’s leaders cooperate to prevent problems for exchange students
- Companies and students are more actively communicating at the early stages of job hunting, as well as an expansion of expat recruitment
- NIFTY Arbeit upgrades their app to be multilingual-compatible; supporting international students seeking part-time jobs
- Over 77% of students graduating in 2020 have already started job-hunting
- Ministry of Justice report number of revocations of visas at record high of 385 cases
- The number of international students aiming to become care workers has doubled; 1 in 6 students are now non-Japanese
- The number of international students accepted to private universities increase by 9.8% compared to 2016
- Number of foreign nationals residing in Japan at a record number of 2.63 million as of the end of June
- As of July 2018, tentative job offer rate for 2019 international graduating students projected at 42.6%
- Chairman of Japan Business Federation suggests abolishing rules of recruitment from recruitment activities for 2021
- Ministry of Justice to setting up “Immigration and Residency Management Office” to accept more expats
- Younger professionals in Japan changing jobs more often, at an average age of 32
- Japan to ease regulations to expand job opportunities for international students
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs mitigates the requirements for short-term visas for citizens of the Philippines
- Adecco to help Japanese companies recruit IT engineers from Bangladesh
- Expats with overseas business experience needed in Japan!
- 60% of nursing care facilities willing to hire more international caregivers
- Japan welcomes more foreign entrepreneurs with a new one-year start-up visa
- A record-high 2.5 million foreigners now living in Japan
- LINE launched a new office in Kyoto and look for international engineers and interns
- New job portal for cosplayers opens, boosting Japan’s unique subculture
- Japan to create a new status of residency to attract more international workers
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