What is the Technical Intern Training Program for Foreigners? An easy-to-understand explanation of the new system!
What is the Technical Intern Training Program for Foreigners? An easy-to-understand explanation of the new system! The number of foreigners currently living and working in Japan was more than 2.8 million as of June 2019, an increase of 98,323 (3.6%) from the end of the previous year, a record high. Most of them have permanent […]
Undesirable traits of newly entered (newly employed) graduates
Yesterday we reported the results of our survey on the problems faced by new employees, but today we show how others in the same company are dissatisfied with those newly employees. It is important for foreigners who are planning to work in Japan to avoid these complaints. Undesirable traits of newly entered (newly employed) graduates […]
What do you worry about the most when entering into the workforce?
Anxiety and expectations are mixed when you get a new job. In particular, what kind of anxiety do university students feel when they start to work for the first time after graduation? This is a questionnaire asked among Japanese university students. Do you feel the same way? What do you worry about the most when […]
What is a "Specified Skilled Worker" Residency Status about "raw materials industry" in Japan? It has been started April 2019
In order to make it possible to accept foreign human resources in Japan in industries where there is a serious shortage of workers, on April 1, 2019, a new status of residence was granted: "specified skill". 14 fields such as nursing care, construction, and food service industry are designated. One of them is "raw materials […]
On what terms would you accept a work transfer in Japan?
Personally, I like being transferred, but young Japanese people are relatively unwilling to be transfered. Many people want to live in a town they are accustomed to. So under what conditions do they accept the transfer order? This is the survey result. On what terms would you accept a work transfer? Entitled to a housing […]
Play or Work: New SOHO building in Tokyo Bay area
It is not a posh hotel or sample rooms of an expensive condo. It is a newly built SOHO (Small Office, Home Office) building in the bay area of Tokyo. Some people feel that play and work should never be mixed. But here, the boundaries between play and work seem non-existent. Sure enough, various parties […]
How difficult is the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N1?: Level of Japanese required to be hired in Japan
How difficult is the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N1?: Level of Japanese required to be hired in Japan Japanese Language Proficiency Test Nihongo Kentei Who is the examinee? Non-native speakers of Japanese Anyone who uses Japanese Contents of the examination Language knowledge (Characters, vocabulary and grammar), reading and listening comprehension Kanji, notation, honorific language, meaning […]
What is the Japanese Language Proficiency Test?
What is the Japanese Language Proficiency Test? The Japanese Language Proficiency Test is a test to measure and certify the Japanese language proficiency of non-native speakers of Japanese. It was first conducted in 1984, and in 2019, more than 1.36 million people worldwide applied, making it the world's largest test for measuring Japanese language proficiency. […]
What is the Technical Internship Program for Foreigners?
What is the Technical Internship Program for Foreigners? Do you know how many foreigners are there in Japan? There were about 2.82 million people as of June 2019. The population of Japan is about 120 million, so 2.4% of them are foreigners. This number is increasing every year. The reason is that we have to […]
What are Muri, Muda and Mura?
What are Muri, Muda and Mura? If you work in a manufacturing industry, you must know them. Traditional Japanese craftsmanship creates excellence by trimming away the “3 Ms.” Muri is activity that is not reasonable or overly burdensome in relation to the task. Learning to apply just the right amount of force with a wrench […]