TV commercial featuring harsh job hunting rejected

Tokyo Gas rejected its TV commercial after receiving complaints saying that it is "too realistic".
In the commercial, there is a college girl in her endless job hunting.
She takes many interviews but ends up receiving rejection letter every time.
After taking more interviews, she finally reaches the final interview exam which she thought she did very well.
However, it turned out to be another fail.
She has supper with her mother and heads to another job hunting next morning.




Dowango to collect examination fee from job appllicants

Increasing workers and decreasing full time workers

Summer bonuses increased 64,000 yen

630,000 are "NEET" among the Japanese young

One out of five workers is over 60

Number of Japanese studying abroad students keeps decreasing

In 2010, 58,060 Japanese studied abroad recent research of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology reveled. The number has been decreased by 3.1 percent from the previous year shrinking six continuous years. It was 82,945 in 2004.

Numbers of Japanese students and their destinations

U.S. - 21,290(-14.3%)
China - 16,808(+9.1%)
U.K. - 3,851(-0.5%)
Australia - 2,413(-10.7%)

The number of foreign students in Japan on the other hands was 137,756 at the point of May 2012 decreased by 0.2 percent from the previous year.


ますます内向きに…海外留学、６年連続で減少　―YOMIURI ONLINE
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20130208-OYT1T01124.htm?from=ylist

日本人の海外留学６年連続減少　10年、不況や内向き志向で　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG0804I_Y3A200C1CR8000/


Educational expenses of Japanese family is 1.91M yen

Waseda University's plan for 150th anniversary educates global leaders

Japanese college students: Social media they use

A Keio University student dead after drinking alcohol

Number of child abuse cases hit the record of 248 during the first half of 2012

Waseda University's plan for 150th anniversary educates global leaders

Waseda University in Tokyo

Waseda University announced "Waseda Vision 150", the medium- and long-term plans till 2032 when it will celebrate 150th anniversary.


Waseda Vision 150
・Decreases the number of undergraduate students by 20% to 35,000
・Introduces quarter system
・Teaches 50% of the classes in foreign languages
・Let all students study abroad or volunteer in a foreign country
・Doubles the number of foreign students to 10,000, 20% of the whole
・Triples the number of foreign instructors to 400
・Increases the number of full-time instructors by 20% to 2,000
・75% of the classes will focus on debates and exercises


早大、学部生を２割減　今後20年の長期ビジョン公表　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG1503F_V11C12A1000000/

Japanese college students: Social media they use

Twitter

Gaba, English school conducted internet research on 1,000 Japanese under graduate and graduate college students, 500 who have experienced job hunting and the rest never about their SNS use.


SNS currently using

Twitter - 58.7%
mixi - 56.5%
LINE - 43.9%
Facebook - 42.5%
Mobage - 40.6%
GREE - 37.1%
Google+ - 11.4%
Instagram - 3.1%
LinkedIn - 0.85
Flickr - 0.5%


SNS becoming popular now

Facebook - 49.4%
LINE - 44.7%
Twitter - 38.2%
Google+ - 12.5%
mixi - 8.3%
GREE - 5.5%
Mobage - 5.3%
Instagram - 4.4%
Flickr - 3.0%
Pinterest - 1.9%


SNS used for job hunting

Facebook - 25.4%
Twitter - 21.6%
mixi - 8.6%
Google+ - 4.2%
LINE - 4.6%
GREE - 1.6%
Mobage - 1.2%
Instagram - 0.4%
Flickr - 0.4%
Pinterest - 0.2%


就職に役立つSNS、1位「Facebook」　―リセマム
http://resemom.jp/article/2012/10/02/10133.html

A Keio University student dead after drinking alcohol

Keio University, Tokyo

A student of Keio University had been dead in June this year after drinking too much alcohol at a club gathering.
The university had already disolved the club. The cause of the student's death is seen as acute alcohol poisoning.


慶応大生が多量飲酒で死亡　一気飲み勧め　公認サークルを解散処分　―MSN産経ニュース
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/news/121025/crm12102512350010-n1.htm