Abstract
Recently, many companies have been making adjustment for increasing their competitiveness through getting smart
performance. Human resource planning should be done by companies to determine the dynamic equilibrium between
demand and supply human resources in order to anticipate the change of business environment. Firstly, this paper
will discuss the characteristics of Japanese style of management, especially for dealing with human resource
planning. Then provide a deep discussion on the practices of Japanese human resource planning. Finally it will
evaluate the role of human resource planning practices for increasing industrial competitiveness.