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Japan opens 2026 Good Career Company Award entries
The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has opened entries and briefings for its Good Career Company Award 2026, which recognizes firms that help staff build their careers. The 2024 winners were announced on 2024.11.08, and a list of companies whose employee-growth programs were publicized in 2025 is on the page. The ceremony for 2026 is tied to the Reskilling Action Kickoff Forum 2026.
What does it mean?
Japanese companies that do a good job training and developing their staff can now apply for a government award. Companies that want to enter have a window that opened on 2026.06.01, and the award ceremony is scheduled inside a reskilling event.