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:

 

 
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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

 

 
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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:

  1. textiles and brands

  2. machinery - for power plants, cars, infrastructure

  3. metals and minerals

  4. energy and chemicals

  5. food - family mart and dole

  6. real estate

 

 
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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?

  1. Morgan Stickney (23) - double amputee Olympic swimmer. She lost both legs to to a disease

  2. Abdi Abdirahman (43) - marathon runner, came 3rd in Tokyo Marathon 2020

  3. Katherine Nye (22) - weight lifter, world champion in 2019

  4. 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?

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To recover from the loss in sales from the Pandemic, Shiseido announced plans to focus on 2 areas:

  1. Skincare products.

  2. The global launch of their Shiseido men’s line globally by partnering with FC Barcelona.

Q: Do you think these are good ideas?

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  • In Japan they want to maintain their PREMIUM image. The line will be sold overseas still


 
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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

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