- Japan employment law: the 2025–2027 changesThirty-five questions on the employment, social insurance and immigration rules that Japan entities have to apply between 2025 and 2027.
- Japan HR vocabularyThirty-five questions on the Japanese HR, pay and hiring terms that foreign employers and recruiters meet most often.
- Japan's workforce in numbers: guess the figureThirty-five figures on how Japan works: who leaves, who manages, who takes leave and who runs the board. Each answer comes from official statistics or company disclosures, with the source and year.
- Guess the pay in JapanThirty-five questions on what people earn in Japan: by occupation, by gender, by company size and by age, plus bonuses, pay rises and the minimum wage. Every answer comes from official statistics, with the source and year.
- Hiring a leader in Japan: how ready are you?Thirty-five practical questions on hiring senior leaders in Japan: nenshu and bonus timing, notice periods and handovers, counteroffers and resignation letters, naitei and offer etiquette, references, the bilingual talent pool and life at a foreign-affiliated company. Each answer points to the book or a Hardest Market page.
- How well do you know The Hardest Market in the World?Thirty-five questions on the key ideas in Yan Sen Lu's book: the participation gap, the gaishikei paradox, reading a Japanese interview, the offer minefield, the Proximity Pipeline, the Reverse-Engineered Role and moving a Japan leadership team. Each answer explains the reasoning behind it.
Newcomer 0–3 · Practitioner 4–5 · Professional 6–7 · Expert 8–9 · Master 10
Questions
How many questions are there?
Each quiz draws 10 questions (3 easy, 4 medium, 3 hard) from a bank of 35, so every attempt is different.
How are the levels set?
By correct answers out of 10: Newcomer 0–3 · Practitioner 4–5 · Professional 6–7 · Expert 8–9 · Master 10.