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JOB HUNTING

A South Korean job seeker checks his appearance using a smartphone as another reviews his notes before an interview at a job fair in Seoul on July 12.
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2026
World youth unemployment rate rose last year, U.N. agency says
Some of the steepest increases were seen in high-income countries as artificial intelligence begins to change the jobs market.
South Korean job-seekers take part in a group interview with representatives of a Japanese company during a job fair in Seoul last month.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 3, 2026
Young South Koreans look for jobs in Japan as they struggle to find work at home?
Big-name Korean ?employers prefer to hire experienced workers, in contrast with Japan where companies are struggling to fill positions in large graduate schemes.
A student is interviewed for a job at a company in Tokyo on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 1, 2026
Job recruitment officially kicks off in Japan for class of 2027
The government imposes a nonbinding ¡°ban¡± on the recruitment of new graduates every year until May 31 to allow students to focus on their studies.
The building that houses Recruit Holdings' headquarters in Tokyo. Investors have shown confidence in Recruit¡¯s HR Technology unit, where Indeed is leveraging AI to improve matching and raising average revenue from each job posting even as hiring demand remains soft.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 18, 2026
Recruit shares jump most on record on stronger-than-projected growth
The rally reflects confidence in Recruit¡¯s HR Technology unit, where Indeed is leveraging AI to improve matching and raising average revenue from each job posting.
The rise of artificial intelligence highlights how the resume, once meant to standardize hiring, has become easily fabricated, undermining its usefulness and underscoring the need for more effective ways to evaluate job candidates.
COMMENTARY
Apr 14, 2026
AI is hastening the resume¡¯s demise. Good riddance.
The resume may have been created with good intentions but it has never performed the job it was supposed to do. It¡¯s time to let it go.
About 92% of job-seeking university students in Japan set to graduate this month had received informal job offers as of Feb. 1, with the rate remaining high due to labor shortages despite a slight decline from a year earlier, government data showed Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 17, 2026
92% of job-seeking university students held offers as of Feb. 1, data shows
The rate at which the students secured job offers remained high due to labor shortages, though it fell from a year earlier in the first decline in five years.
University students attend a job fair in Tokyo on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 2, 2026
Japanese firms start job seminars for 2027 graduates
The rapid spread of artificial intelligence technology has led to intense competition for science and engineering talent.
A job fair held in the city of Chiba in March last year
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2026
40% in Japan use AI in their job search, survey finds
Job-seekers used the technology to revise resumes or search for job postings, the survey found.
At the new Tenshoku Sodan Bar, owner Shota Umemoto (right) and recruiting staff from Yokohama-based LIA Group serve up cocktails and career advice in equal measure.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 11, 2026
Inside Yokohama¡¯s ¡®quit your job¡¯ bar, where drinks and advice are free
Owner Shota Umemoto says he was surprised by the viral response to his new bar aimed at making discussions around changing jobs more casual.
Recruit Holdings and Indeed.com CEO Hisayuki Idekoba
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 17, 2025
AI-assisted hiring will drive Indeed¡¯s growth, Recruit CEO says
The job-search portal¡¯s head said the business is using AI to help companies optimize their talent-acquisition approach.
Hinako Mori, 22, arranges products at a Don Quijote outlet in Tokyo in October. The Japanese retailer, which relaxed its rules concerning hair and nail polish three years ago, says nearly a quarter of its employees sport brightly colored hair.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 17, 2025
More Japanese firms relax rules in tussle for workers
The country¡¯s labor shortage has led companies to ease up on various aspects, such as hair and nail polish color, to secure enough part-timers.
According to the labor and education ministries, 73.4% of job-hunting university students expected to graduate in March 2026 secured informal job offers, up 0.5 percentage point from a year earlier.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 14, 2025
More university students in Japan get job offers
The rise in informal job offers comes amid a continued labor shortage.
Job hunting and recruitment both may have become less active in September ahead of minimum wage hikes beginning in October.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 31, 2025
Â鶹´«Ã½ September job availability ratio stays unchanged
Job hunting and recruitment may have become less active in September ahead of minimum wage hikes in October, and some companies may have curbed hiring due to earnings drops.
A National Personnel Authority official has attributed a dip in the competition ratio for national public service applicants to "the number of successful applicants rising in line with an increase in the number of planned hires by each ministry and agency."
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 12, 2025
Japan marks lowest level of competition on record for civil service applicants
Women made up a record high of 47.1% of all successful applicants, up from 43.0% in the previous year.
After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture ¡ªlife¡¯s too short, after all.
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Jun 2, 2025
How Â鶹´«Ã½ youth are slowly changing the country¡¯s work ethic
Labor shortages and shifting mindsets are driving younger Japanese workers to challenge the country¡¯s traditional office culture.
Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces prepare to load boxes of medical relief supplies onto a helicopter in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in September last year.
JAPAN / FOCUS
May 31, 2025
SDF ramps up campus outreach amid recruitment slump
Officials say the initiative is an effective way to foster a stronger connection between the public and the SDF.
The employment rate for March 2025 graduates of higher educational institutions?stood at 98% as of April 1, the second highest on record, according to the data compiled jointly by the education and labor ministries.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 23, 2025
98% of new graduates in Japan are able to land jobs
The graduate employment rate is the second highest on record.
Students attend a job fair at Makuhari Messe in the city of Chiba on March 1.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 26, 2025
About 30% of major Japanese companies using AI for recruiting, poll says
The results show that companies are looking to AI to increase the efficiency of recruitment efforts as competition for human resources heats up.
Students at a job fair in Chiba. Companies have been racing to secure talent amid serious labor shortages by taking steps including raising starting salaries.
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2025
Japanese firms start job fair for 2026 graduates
Companies have been racing to secure talent amid serious labor shortages by taking steps including raising starting salaries.
Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani ranked second in the list of ideal male bosses for the second straight year, according to a survey of people who are starting their careers this spring.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2025
Comedian Uchimura and announcer Miura remain ideal bosses, survey finds
Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, who achieved over 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases last season, ranked second in the male boss category.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.

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