Desperately seeking students: thanks to the labor shortage, graduates are in great demand

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Statistics show that in Japan, there are 2.7 white collar jobs for every applicant. This labor shortage has caused changes in attitudes among prospective employers. To recruit a handful of new graduates, it is not unusual for a company to send thousands of letters containing a variety of informative materials designed to entice young college graduates. Students still need to go through difficult times to get into good schools. Upon graduation, however, they can look forward to jobs with higher salaries, longer holidays and reduced overtime.

Analysis, Supply and demand, Recruiting, College graduates, Employee recruitment

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Salaryman's secrets; a Fuji Bank employee tells all

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Akio Koiso is revolutionizing the demanding working conditions in Japanese companies. He is the author of the books 'Memoirs of a Fuji Bank Employee,' and 'Which Way Will the Banks Go Now?' which decry the excessive working hours of Fuji Bank employees. Traditional Japanese companies expect employees to render unpaid overtime and because of this, many Japanese employees have become victims of karoshi or death by overwork. Kosio still works at Fuji Bank and has garnered support for his drive against excessive overtime work.

Human resource management, Quality of work life

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A tale of two sisters: Japanese untouchables emerging from centuries of scorn

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The burakumin of Japan are literally hamlet dwellers and actually descendants of butchers and leather workers who suffer present-day discrimination from mainstream Japanese. Since the professions of their ancestors were regarded as unclean since the feudal age in Japan, burakumin have become untouchables. Employment opportunities are scarce and social pleasures such as courtship outside their casts are denied them.

Social policy, Buraku people

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