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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.
* indicates "Labor in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" or "Economy of COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links. Country (or area) Agriculture [%] [2] Industry [%] [3] Services [%] [4] Date of information Afghanistan * 46 18 36 2020 Albania * 35 22 44 2021 Algeria * 10 31 59 2021 American Samoa * 34 33 33 1990 Andorra * 0.4 4.7 94.9 2010 Angola * 59 8 34 2021
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
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 ...
Japan: 57.0: 53.4: 2022 ... List of countries by average annual labor hours; List of countries by average wage; List of countries by minimum wage;
Declining health conditions in the Japanese labor force and the issue of overtime work have led to policy expansion and reform on behalf of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare. As of March 2018, the Labour Standards Act states that an employer should not exceed a 40-hour work week for employees. [22]
Blue collar workers (Nikutai-rōdō-sha (肉体労働者)) in Japan encompass many different types of manual labor jobs, including factory work, construction, and agriculture. Blue-collar workers make up a very large portion of the labor force in Japan, with 30.1% of employed people ages 15 and over working as "craftsman, mining, manufacturing ...
In 2008 Japan's labor force consisted of some 66 million workers—40% of whom were women—and was rapidly shrinking. [202] One major long-term concern for the Japanese labor force is its low birthrate. [203] In 2005, the number of deaths in Japan exceeded the number of births, indicating that the decline in population had already started. [204]