Hitachi has been heading in the direction of unifying its Japan and ex-Japan human resources systems for some years now, so switching all Japan-hired staff to the more Western style “job type” system, away from seniority based promotion, was …
Read MoreComparing the top ranked Japanese companies for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Toyo Keizai’s 2022 rankings* with the 2007 rankings shows how the Japanese corporate landscape has changed. The three telecoms companies – NTT, NTT DoCoMo and KDDI – …
Read MoreThe latest top 30 Japanese employers for Germany (download available below) show that even in manufacturing centric Germany, services are beginning to dominate. Outsourcing, a recruitment and staffing company are now the largest Japanese company in Germany, replacing Sumitomo …
Read MoreThe total number of people employed by the 30 largest Japanese companies in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has grown over the past year – despite the pandemic – but only by 3% overall. The top 30 employ around …
Read MorePoland and other Eastern European nations are a forgotten economic success story, according to Ruchir Sharma of Morgan Stanley Investment Management in a recent Financial Times opinion piece. The Czech and Slovak Republics, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Slovenia have …
Read MoreOur latest Top 30 Japanese companies in the UK shows a 1.3% drop overall in employee numbers from 2019 to 2020*, the first fall we have seen in the seven years we have been tracking the Top 30. As most …
Read MoreOnly around 10% of Japanese companies in the UK mention any charitable donations in their annual reports, and yet according to Toyo Keizai, many of the largest Japanese companies in the UK top the rankings for contributions to corporate …
Read MoreGermany and the UK are host to a similar number of Japanese companies, and a similar number of people are employed by Japanese companies in both countries. Comparing the 30 largest employers in each country reveals some significant differences however, …
Read MoreThe major Japanese employers in Europe, Middle East and Africa employ over 540,000 people, a 1.4%* rise comparing financial year 2018/9 to 2019/20, even though their global employee numbers have shrunk by around 1% over the same period. As in …
Read MoreI was asked to speak at a Portugal-Japan Investment event at the end of 2019. Initially I was worried about what I could say as I was not sure there would be much that would interest Japanese companies in Portugal. …
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