Popular companies for Japanese job hunters
Q: What do you think are the most popular companies that job-hunters want to work at?
Ajinomoto - Itochu - JTB - Lotte - MUFJ - Nintendo
Oriental Land - Shiseido - Sony Music Entertainment
Answers:
JTB
Q: What kind of company is JTB?
Q: Why do you think it was so popular?
Q: Why is it less popular now?
Japan’s largest Travel Agency
opportunities to travel (for business)
company perks - travel discounts for employees
chance to speak other languages
Itochu - 総合商社, sōgō shōsha
Q: What kind of company is Itochu?
Q: Why do you think it’s so popular?
It’s popular for job hunters because:
high salary
stability
wide range of opportunities for employees
This (general) trading company is involved in 6 areas of business:
textiles and brands
machinery - for power plants, cars, infrastructure
metals and minerals
energy and chemicals
food - family mart and dole
real estate
Ajinomoto
Q: Why do you think it’s so popular?
Food maker, biotechnology firm
For the 2021 Olympics Ajinomoto is sponsoring 4 American athletes who will use their Aminovital nutritional supplement.
Q: Why did Ajinomoto choose these athletes?
Morgan Stickney (23) - double amputee Olympic swimmer. She lost both legs to to a disease
Abdi Abdirahman (43) - marathon runner, came 3rd in Tokyo Marathon 2020
Katherine Nye (22) - weight lifter, world champion in 2019
Colin Duffy (17) - rock climber. has only joined one international climbing event for adults (and won gold)
Banks: Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho, Sumitomo Mitsui
Q: Why do you think these banks are these banks no longer in the top 10?
Shiseido
Q: Why do you think it’s so popular ?
Recently Shiseido announced they would stop selling their “Waso” line in Japan. It targeted teens and women in their early 20’s.
Q: Why do you think they decided to do this?
To recover from the loss in sales from the Pandemic, Shiseido announced plans to focus on 2 areas:
Skincare products.
The global launch of their Shiseido men’s line globally by partnering with FC Barcelona.
Q: Do you think these are good ideas?
In Japan they want to maintain their PREMIUM image. The line will be sold overseas still
Nintendo
Q: Why do you think it’s become more popular recently?
The rumour is Nintendo plans to launch their 2nd version of the Switch next year. What improvements should they make?
Rumour: bigger screen, better graphics
Sources:
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00933/?cx_recs_click=true
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ajinomoto-announces-sponsorship-of-diverse-roster-of-us-athletes-for-the-upcoming-world-games-2021-in-tokyo-301240253.html