Japanese Retail Industry Is Looking For Chinese Talents.

With the advent of the Chinese New Year's Spring Festival in February, clothing and famous brand merchandise shops are reluctant to miss the business opportunities of Chinese tourists visiting Japan.

Due to the shortage of qualified personnel, there has also been a rise in the time salary of salesmen who can speak Chinese in Japan.

According to Japanese media reports, at present, Japanese salesmen who need to speak Chinese are increasing their hourly earnings.

In November 2015, the average hourly wage of all salesmen in Japan was 1363 yen (about 77 yuan), according to Recruit jobs, a Japanese recruitment information company.

In contrast, in Tokyo, the time to send Chinese staff has reached 1400-1700 yen (about 79-96 yuan).

The time of dispatch for Chinese plation is 2500 yen (about 141 yuan).

Because of their different language abilities, some of the plators are paid less than 2000 yen (about 113 yuan).

The difference in hourly pay between salesmen and Chinese speaking salesmen is rapidly shrinking.

Temp Holdings, a large dispatch company, said that previously, foreign high quality brand merchandise shops,

A large number of Chinese speaking staff can be recruited by the appliance store.

Recently, recruitment demand based on cosmetics sales of drugstore is expanding.

Related clothing industry specialized personnel dispatch company said, now for Chinese speaking staff dispatch requirements are still increasing.

There are only ten recruitment needs in the Tokyo metropolitan area alone.

However, the status quo is difficult for Japanese companies to recruit professionals with professional knowledge and experience and speak Chinese.

A Japanese legal person from a fashion brand in Australia said: "we know that sales of foreign language staff will increase if there is someone who can speak a foreign language.

However, even if you send a company, it is difficult to recruit suitable talents. "

The Japanese cosmetics sales company has decided that almost no one knows foreign language and beauty knowledge at the same time.

So the company ensured the higher cost of Chinese plation by sending the company.

Since 2012, the number of plators has increased to 4 times.

Japanese talent dispatch companies also found business opportunities for Chinese talents.

A talent dispatch company in Shibuya, Tokyo, has been providing sales service for Chinese speaking salesmen since January 2016.

Temp Holdings set up a special department in April 2015 to support Chinese staff working in the clothing industry.

Japan's convenience stores, known as "meticulous and omnipotent", will also pay more attention to overseas tourists, especially Chinese tourists growing year by year.

The number of foreign tourists visiting Japan in 2015 reached 1974 million, an increase of 47% over the same period last year.

Last September, 7-11 and

It has announced that it will introduce "UnionPay card" settlement services in all stores, while expanding the convenience stores that support duty-free consumption tax.

The family convenience store plans to set up foreign currency self service changer in the store, providing 24 hours of yen exchange service for 13 foreign currencies, such as US dollar, euro and RMB.

The plan first entered four convenience stores in Tokyo in the first 2 months of 2020. It was promoted to 1000 stores in Tokyo, Osaka and other major tourist attractions.

This foreign currency independent exchange machine provides four languages, such as English and Chinese, and the lowest convertibility unit is 10 Yen Yen.

Considering the exchange rate and handling fee, although it is not used in airport and bank, it is better than ordinary hotel exchange window.