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Rise Up, Japan!
T H E P R E M I E R E I S S U E
Japanese HR:Unique and Transforming? 14
!e New Manager 18
Background Screening in Japan 21
How to Master the Deadly Art of Change 23
Listen Up! 25
On the Hunt and in Control 26
and more...
Volume 1 Issue 1 ISSN 2186-277X
July-September 2011 JPY 1575 (tax & postage)
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HR C O N T E N T S
P U B L I S H E R ’ S M E S S A G E
Making History and Being Part of It 4
F R O M T H E E D I T O R
Rise Up, Japan! 6
K N O W L E D G E @ W H A R T O N
Crisis in Japan: What Will the Costs Be? 9
A S K H R
Andrew & Yoshi Respond to Disaster 10
F E AT U R E S T O R Y
Japanese HR: Unique and Transforming? 14
L E A D E R S H I P
!e New Manager 18
H R B E S T P R A C T I C E S
!e Background on Background Screening in Japan 21
C H A N G E M A N A G E M E N T
How to Master the Deadly Art of Change 23
H R T O O L B O X
Listen Up! Eight Tips to Becoming a Better Interviewer 25
C O A C H I N G
On the Hunt and in Control 26
H R L E G A L C L I N I C
Employees with Chronic Health Problems 28
L O S T I N T R A N S L AT I O N
Communication: Does It Have to Hurt? 28
H R S U P E R S TA R
Norihide Munakata 29
Publisher & Managing Editor Jun Kabigting
Associate Editors Bruce McLin Eriko Rowe
Contributors Tim Bennett Brent Conkle Dana Gallagher Andrew Manter!eld Yoshiharu Matsui Jiro Oyama, Attorney-at-Law Alicor Panao David Sweet, PhD Knowledge@Wharton
Design and Production Alan Rowe Raphy Limbo
Ad Sales and Marketing
and Distribution Jessop Petroski Vu Petersen
Translators Makito Noda Tomoko Ishii-Kabigting
Printing Mojoprint
Magazine Information e HR Agenda magazine is Japan’s !rst and only bilingual human resources (HR)-focused magazine, published quarterly by #e Japan HR Society (JHRS) and produced by the HR Learning & Publishing Division of HR Central K.K. (#e JHRS Secretariat).
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DomesticSingle issue (print): JPY 1,575 (tax & postage included)Annual subscription–4 issues (digital only): JPY 3,150 (tax incl.)Annual subscription–4 issues (print & digital): JPY 5,250 (tax & postage incl.)
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e HR Agenda and JHRS logos are registered trademarks and properties of #e Japan HR Society (JHRS).
©2011 #e Japan HR Society (JHRS). All rights reserved.
Disclaimer#e positions and opinions expressed by contributors in this magazine are their own and do not necessarily re$ect the position or views of #e Japan HR Society (JHRS), its general membership, its Secretariat, advertisers, friends, or supporters. We are not liable, in whole or in part, for the accuracy or truthfulness of any data, statistics, or information found in any of the published articles or advertisements herein. Further, any advice, opinions, or views found herein should be considered for informational purposes only and are not meant to substitute for competent legal and/or !nancial advice from quali!ed legal and !nancial professionals.
“As a university administrator involved in
professional development in Japan and the
United States for 20 years, I would like to take this
opportunity to congratulate #e Japan HR Society
(JHRS) on the launch of e HR Agenda magazine,
a new bilingual publication for HR professionals
with an interest in Japan. Given the increasing
number of international !rms in Japan and the
increasing number of foreign employees in Japanese
!rms, the JHRS provides an extremely important
contribution in helping internationalize HR
practices in Japan and informing the rest of the
world about Japanese HR practices. e HR Agenda
magazine will be one more means by which that
goal is accomplished.”
— Bruce Stronach, Dean
Temple University Japan
(JHRS Academy Partner)
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C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S
“On behalf of the entire team at GPlus Media
and Ecentral, I would like to heartily congratulate
#e Japan HR Society (JHRS) on the launch of this
much-awaited quarterly magazine, e HR Agenda.
#is publication is certain to bring even more
importance to the JHRS and o%er an invaluable
information source for your membership.
We look forward to having this new publication
help educate and disseminate information on
best practices facing HR professionals; especially
those with multilingual, multicultural and
multinational issues.
#e entire team here is wishing this publication
success and looking forward to reading the
inaugural issue.”
— Peter Lackner, Director
GPlus Media Co., Ltd.
(JHRS Job Board Partner)
“We commend #e Japan HR Society
(JHRS) on the launch of their new
publication, e HR Agenda.
#e global human resources and training
community can always bene!t from
the addition of a new voice sharing news,
best practices and commentary on our
constantly changing industry.”
— Chris Proulx, CEO
eCornell
(JHRS eAcademy Partner)
“On the day of the Great East Japan
Earthquake, part-time cast (or sta%) at
Tokyo Disney Resort distributed souvenir
products such as towels and stu%ed toys
while employees at a Lawson convenience
store prepared rice balls to give away
to people.
On the other hand, in the a*ermath of
the earthquake and the resulting nuclear
power plant failure, organizations went
into turmoil, resulting in decreased
productivity.
Foreign-a<liated companies in Japan
took di%erent actions and responses a*er
the quake. Whatever they were, they were all
the result of Human Resources Management
(HRM) decisions.
In business, with the accelerating speed of
globalization, the importance and relevance
of HRM is increasing even more, and
I am pleased that a new venue to present
HRM best practices in a global and timely
perspective will be provided in the publication
of e HR Agenda magazine.
Congratulations again on this
sterling achievement!”
— Shinya Yamamoto, Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan
(Member, JHRS Board of Advisers)
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HR C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S
A PIECE OF HISTORY. That is what you’re
holding in your hands right now as
you read Japan’s first-ever bilingual
human resources (HR)-focused quarterly
publication. The HR Agenda is proudly
published by The Japan HR Society
(JHRS)–a worldwide community of Japan-
focused HR professionals.
This magazine has taken nearly four
years to come to fruition. With its
simple beginnings as a membership-only
newsletter, e HR Agenda has now grown
and evolved into a full-!edged magazine
with a simple editorial mandate:
“…to provide up-to-date and relevant
sources of HR information and resources
a$ecting and in%uencing the HR profession
in Japan, and to become a bridge between
Japanese and non-Japanese HR management
systems so that we can facilitate the exchange
of information and HR best practices,
standards, and HR body of knowledge.”
Interestingly, the launching of this
magazine also marks the fourth anniver-
sary of JHRS, founded in June 2007 in
a restaurant in Tokyo. As a dedicated
community, JHRS has evolved with the
times, the needs of our members and the
HR profession in Japan. Starting o# as a
LinkedIn Group, JHRS has now grown
to over 500 registered members around
the globe. It is considered this country’s
fastest-growing bilingual HR association,
with the lo$y mission of helping advance
the practice of the HR profession in Japan.
We are hopeful that, with your support
and patronage, e HR Agenda can help us
accomplish that mission.
In putting together this magazine, we
have encountered many challenges and
di%culties along the way. A lot of them!
Some said it couldn’t be done. But we
persevered. We have invested not only time
and money but also blood, sweat and tears,
and we remained determined and focused
on our goal of ful*lling our promise to our
members, friends and supporters. However,
the biggest motivator for us to forge ahead
and do our best to create Japan’s first
and only bilingual HR publication was,
ironically, the Great Tohoku Earthquake
that hit Japan on March 11, 2011.
We are all witnesses to this unimaginable
tragedy, and, truth be told, Japan is still
coming to terms with it. But instead of
letting this disaster get us down, we decided
to use it as an inspiration to push ourselves
and come up with this publication as a
testament of our *rm resolve to show the
world that Japan’s HR professionals are
moving forward. It is in this light that we
are dedicating this premiere issue to Japan
and her people, especially to Japan’s HR
professionals, aptly naming our *rst issue
“Rise Up, Japan!” (Ganbare, Nippon!).
Although this magazine is still very much
a work in progress, we hope that you will
*nd our initial attempt worthy of reading
and recommending to your HR colleagues.
We’re hoping to win your support, and
that of your companies, to help us sus-
tain this initiative through sponsorships,
advertisements and subscriptions. We invite
you to take part in continuously improving
our magazine by sharing your honest
feedback, comments and suggestions with
us ([email protected]). A$er all, this is
your HR magazine.
We have made history. But let’s not stop
there. Let’s make The HR Agenda into
tangible proof that Japan’s HR professionals
can do it. And do it well.
P.S. I would also like to personally thank our
pioneering editorial and production teams
who labored day and night to make this
magazine a reality. And, of course, we give
special thanks to all of our initial advertisers
for their incredible support and assistance in
what we are trying to do with this magazine.
Together, we’re making history!
Making History
and Being a Part of ItJun Kabigting, mba/msie, chr
Chief Community O+cer, -e Japan HR Society (JHRS)
HR P U B L I S H E R ’ S M E S S A G E
Jun Kabigting is managing director of HR Central K.K.
and an adjunct professor with Temple University Japan
Campus. He has more than 20 years of experience
across the entire HR value chain, most of them Japan-
focused. He passionately believes in advancing the HR
agenda in Japan through continuing HR education,
knowledge sharing and use of HR best practices.
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