Hiring

Every company in every geography, across every industry, suffers from staff turnover. Among those that leave an organization, you have some that the leadership is happy to be done with; but you also have top players with key business and systemic influence walking out the door. The challenge for major Japanese organizations is that a

In Japan, the common standard for employment contracts has been indefinite employment agreements. This essentially means that the employee is hired by the company on an open-ended contract and is protected by Japan’s labour law.  In recent years, as more multinational companies enter the Japan market and as Japanese companies evolve to become more competitive

A few years ago, we saw this peculiar situation play out in the offshore wind sector: Japan tried to hire almost all of its needed talent pool from within its own borders, despite having only a couple of small operational offshore wind farms. Much of that talent pool came from other renewables (solar primarily), as

Mergers and acquisitions in the energy sector are common. These range from a strategic merger such as BP and JERA’s offshore wind businesses, as well as targeted acquisitions to build capability as in the cases of Seajacks to Marubeni or Electroroute to Mitsubishi. Or, as increasingly seen in the market, it might be corporate acquisitions

Technological innovation, shifting economics, evolving regulations, and geopolitical dynamics are accelerating change across the energy sector. While perspectives differ on how quickly and deeply these transitions will unfold, the effort to reconcile energy security, cost competitiveness, and long-term decarbonization goals is creating uncertainty about the industry’s future. From a macro perspective the energy industry continues

Japan is the world’s third largest electricity market after China and the U.S., consuming about 1,000 TWh each year of electricity, the equivalent of 25% of Europe’s total. Japan has a hybrid power market (partially deregulated); the retail market was fully liberalized in 2016, establishing imbalance settlement based on market price. TOCOM launched power futures

Anywhere in the world, building an attractive corporate identity and employer brand is key to attracting top level talent. In Japan, and by no means unique to this market, is the need to develop a local corporate identity and employer brand. Relying on your household corporate name in your home market won’t get you very

LinkedIn. The greatest job website globally that purports not to be a job website is the first port of call for many companies expanding into new markets, hiring key experienced and skilled professionals across many levels. This is a great tool across geographies, industries and has been relied upon by companies hiring directly and agency

As the energy market changes and grows, the talent shortage is clearly apparent. For firms new to Japan and uncertain about project volume and staffing needs, as well as companies with a fluctuating workload, employing temporary contract workers can be an attractive solution. Like many things in Japan, however, contract employment is not quite the

2025 was a peculiar year for the energy industry, globally and in Japan. Not because of a single technological breakthrough or policy pivot, but because the rules of the game shifted abruptly. Donald Trump’s return to the White House restored political momentum to fossil fuels. For energy companies, this meant not just a more complex