
Labor Force (労働力)
66.59 million <Statistics Bureau, Japan>
The labor force population (the population aged 15 and over, including the unemployed and the unemployed) is the average for 2021.
統計局ホームページ/労働力調査(基本集計) 2021年(令和3年)4月分結果 (stat.go.jp)
Umemployment Rate (失業率)
2.7% (Dec.2021) <Statistics Bureau, Japan>
統計局ホームページ/労働力調査(基本集計) 2021年(令和3年)4月分結果 (stat.go.jp)
Working Culture (働く文化)
- High Context
- Consensus Base
- Mono-chronic
Average Salary(平均給与)
4.33 million yen (2020/ down 0.8% year-on-year, down 33,000 yen).
令和元年分 民間給与実態統計調査|国税庁 (nta.go.jp)
4.99 million yen(2020/Manager Male)
Working Rules (労働法)
Legal limits on working hours:8 hours a day 40 hours a week
As a general rule, the upper limit of overtime work (excluding holiday work) is 45 hours a month and 360 hours a year. This cannot be exceeded without extraordinary special circumstances.
Legal holidays: At least once a week
Paid day off: If they have been working for more than half a year since they were hired and have worked more than 80% of all working days, the number of days granted is 10 days.
The "minimum wage by region(Tokyo)" : 1041 yen (hourly) on a national average. (Oct 2021)
Percentage of women in executive / managerial positions(女性管理職比率)
Chief level 17.0%, Section chief level 9.8%, Department Manager level 6.2% (2015)
第2節 企業における女性の参画 | 内閣府男女共同参画局 (gender.go.jp)
Job turnover rate(離職率)
14.2% (2020)
The university / junior college enrollment rate(大学進学率)
58.1% (2019 / up 0.2 points from the previous year)
