TOKYO -- Moves to rehire women who left the workforce due to child-rearing or husbands' job transfers are increasing in Japan, which is seeing intense competition for workers amid an acute shortage of labor.
Microsoft Japan will soon introduce a paid internship of around six months to help female former employees prepare for returning to work, while Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance has adopted a reinstatement system to rehire such workers in positions similar to those they held when they left the property and casualty insurance company.
