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2026.03.30
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Office closed – Golden Week 2026
Our office will be closed this year from April 25th to April 29th and from May 2nd to May 6th due to Golden Week. We will return on Wednesday May 7th. In addition, If you have any urgent inquires or problems during that time, please contact info@pm…
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2026.01.09
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Announcement of PMP Website Renewal and Launch of New “News Site”
As we begin the year 2026, we are pleased to announce the renewal of PMP’s website.PMP has renamed its long-running publication, PMP News, to PMP Premium News and has launched a dedicated website for PMP News as a news platform.The URL for PMP Premiu…
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2025.12.19
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Seasons Greetings PMP
Dear valued clients and friends: As 2025 draws to a close, we hope this year has been a meaningful and fulfilling one for all of you. Toward the end of the year, I had an informal discussion with senior executives of a national labor union federati…
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2024.10.25
- Labor administration: Trends
Are Japan’s dismissal regulations not strict compared to international standards?
During the recent LDP leadership election, a female candidate known for her strong conservative views remarked that “Japan’s dismissal regulations are not that strict when compared internationally.” Her statement seems to be based on the OECD Employm…
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2024.05.27
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The Supreme Court reversed the second trial court’s decision to deny the application of the deemed working hours system outside the workplace, and sent the case back to the High Court.
On April 16th, the Supreme Court (Presiding Judge Yukihiko Imazaki) overturned the ruling of the second instance, which had denied the application of the deemed working hours system for work outside the workplace, and remanded the case to the Fukuoka…
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2024.05.23
- Judicial decisions
Supreme Court Rules that Reassignment Without Consent is Illegal in the Case of Duty Limitations
The Labor Contract Act stipulates that "workers and employers may change the working conditions, listed in the employment contract, by mutual agreement." In a lawsuit where the illegality of a transfer order was contested in the case of an agreement …
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2023.07.27
- Labor administration: Trends
Overview of The Basic Policy on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women 2023
On June 5, the Government of Japan held the Council for Gender Equality and announced the so-called "Women's Version of the Framework for Gender Equality 2023". And we would like to take this opportunity to share with you over a number of installment…
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2022.06.30
- Judicial decisions
Unfair Dismissal – A court case to determine if the dismissal of a department head with an annual salary of 42 million yen unfair – please consider reviewing your Company’s employment regulations!
This is an explanation of the ruling by the Tokyo District Court at the end of last year. At the end of last year, I saw this eye-catching title of an article in the social pages of some newspapers, and I was finally able to obtain the full text of…
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2022.05.23
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Notice of PMP relocation
We are pleased to announce that as of June 1, PMP will be relocating to the 5th floor of the same building of Landmark Yokohama Minatomirai. With Corona as an opportunity, the way our staff work and communicate with our clients has changed. In conju…
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2022.04.22
- Labor administration: Trends
A large multinational consulting Company has been sent to the Prosecutors Office for Violation of the Labor Standards Act.
As the issue of overtime and working hours continues to gain a lot of attention in Japan we would like to bring to your attention an ongoing case and the issues around overtime exemptions in Japan. To begin, in Japan, violations of the Labor Stand…