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  2. Elderly people in Japan - Wikipedia

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    In 1987 about 36% of men and 15% of women in this age-group were in the labor force. With better pension benefits and decreased opportunities for agricultural or other self-employed work, however, labor force participation by the elderly has been decreasing since 1960. In 1986 about 90% of Japanese surveyed said that they wished to continue ...

  3. Labor market of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Labor force participation rate (15-64 age) in Japan, by sex [2] Gender wage gap in OECD [7]. Japan is now facing a shortage of labor caused by two major demographic problems: a shrinking population because of a low fertility rate, which was 1.4 per woman in 2009, [8] and replacement of the postwar generation which is the biggest population range [9] who are now around retirement age.

  4. List of sovereign states by employment rate - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by employment rate, the proportion of employed adults at working age. The definition of "working age" varies: Many sources, including the OECD, use 15–64 years old, [1] but EUROSTAT uses 20–64 years old, [2] the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics uses 16 years old and older (no cut-off at 65 and up), [3] and the Office for National Statistics of the United ...

  5. Aging of Japan - Wikipedia

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    About 40% of Japan's labor force is non-regular, including part-time and temporary workers. [30] Non-regular employees earn about 53 percent less than regular ones on a comparable monthly basis, according to the Labor Ministry. [31] Young men in this group are less likely to consider marriage or to be married.

  6. Demographics of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The demographics of Japan include birth and death rates, age ... Japan is an urban society with about only 5% of the labor force working in ... by sex and age group ...

  7. Family policy in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Labour force participation rate (15-64 age) in Japan, by sex [22] In Japan, caring for young and old people has traditionally been the responsibility of the family. This norm has caused work-family conflict due to its labor division. [23] When raising a child people need access to workers’ income and benefits.

  8. List of countries by labour force - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by size of the labour force mostly based on The World Factbook. [1] Rank Country/Region Labour force ... Japan: 69,114,000: 2022 est. 11

  9. Employment-to-population ratio - Wikipedia

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    U.S. unemployment rate and employment to population ratio (EM ratio) Wage share and employment rate in the U.S. Employment-to-population ratio, also called the employment rate, [1] is a statistical ratio that measures the proportion of a country's working age population (statistics are often given for ages 15 to 64 [2] [3]) that is employed.