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Natsuko Horii
Director, Foreign Workers Affairs Division
Employment security Bureau,
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
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480 trillion
(3rd quarter,2013)
nominal GDP growth
(compared to previous year)
(1st quarter,2013)
(2nd quarter,2013)
(3rd quarter,2013)
(quarter)
(year)
40
2050
35.6%
35
30
2010
22.7%
25
PRC
France
Germany
Japan
Italy
Sweden
UK
USA
20
15
10
5
0
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
2030
2040
2050
year
4.5
4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
Japan
US
France
UK
Sweden
Germany
Rep. of
Korea
Singapore
0.5
0
1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 year
Sources Vital Statistics(Japan), Births and Deaths in England and Wales, 2011(UK, Bilan demographique(France)*provisional date in2011, Statistisches Bundesamt(Germany) Statistics
SingaporeSingapore, Demographic indicators(ItalySummary of Population Statistics(Sweden), National Vital Statistics Reports(USA), Birth and Death Statistics in 2011(R.O.Korea)
14,000
Result number
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
Under 64
64
65 and over
65
Source:
Until 2010: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications National Census
After 2015: estimation by National Institution of Population and Social Security Research in January, 2012.
international comparison of
employment rate2009
90
90
80
80
70
70
60
60
50
50
40
30
20
10
0
USA
Italy
Sweden
Republic f Korea
Japan
15 to 20 to 25 to 30 to 35 to 40 to 45 to 50 to 55 to 60 to
19
24
29
34
39
44
49
54
59
64
40
30
Employment rate
20
Potential labor
10
0
force participation
rate
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
19 24 29 34 39 44 49 54 59 64
& over
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Labor Force Survey FY2009
Number of part-timers
10 thousand
80
250
208
217 214
200
150
91
98
99
201
97
70
187 181
92
92
170
87
178 183
91
97
17
[age]
50
93 2534
40
100
50
64 64 64 64 62
62 64 63
60
174 176
93
10 thousand
18
18
18
18
19
19
18
18 19 18
20
18
18
18
18
30
117 119 115
104 95
20
89
83
87
86
81
83 1524
10
60
17
57 60
17
18
[age]
30
34
25
29
17
16
18
16
18
16
17
16
16
16
15
15
15
20
24
12 11
10
10
10
15
19
17
0
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
22
23year
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
22 23
Until about 75
years old
Until about
60 years old
Until about
65 years old
Until about
70 years old
About
0%
10%
20%
30%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
45
80
70.8
64.4
57.3
57.2
35
56.8
30
50
40
46.6
male
32.7
28.9
30
24.9
20
10
0
16.6
14.8
29.9
25
43.2
41.2
41.0
42.5
40
67.5
70
60
Percentage of employment
(years old and over
female
20
23.3
19.8
15
15
10
10.6
12.9
12.2
9.9
5.3
4.4
2
2.5
0.9
7.4
6
1.2
62,980,000
60 and
over
59,370,000
62,890,000
(3,610,000)
(90,000)
About 3,500,000
increase
About 1,600,000
increase
3059
1529
54,530,000
60,850,000
(8,450,000)
(2,130,000)
About 6,300,000
increase
About 2,900,000
increase
About 1,400,000
increase
About 2,500,000
increase
About 500,000
increase
About 1,000,000
increase
(result number)
Sources:2010 result number: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Labour Force Survey, 2020,2030 estimate: by National Institute of Population and Social Security research
Estimations are by The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and training.
when economic growth and labour participation will be progressed properly: high growth will be achieved under Japan Revitalization Strategy and labour participation will be progressed
when economic growth and labour participation will NOT be progressed properly: economic growth will be progressed to some extent until 2015,. But after 2016, economic growth will be zero and labour
participation will not be progressed from 2010.
companies
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
98
98 99
99 00
00 01
01 02
02 03
03 04
04 05
05 06
06 07
07 08
08 09
09 10
10 11
11
(fiscal year)
North
America
Mid,
south
America
PRC
ASEAN4
NIEs3
Mid-
East
Europe
Oceania
Africa
Others
Specialist in Humanities
International Service
about309,000
Examples
Mechanical engineer,
System engineer
White-color worker
(Planning, sales, accounting etc.)
Teacher in language school
Translator, interpreter, designer
Transferee from overseas company
Skilled Labor
Professor
University professor
Investor, Business
Manager
Legal, Accounting
Lawyer, accountant
Medical services
Researcher in company,
governmental organization
Language teacher in high school
Source: Notification of Employment of Foreign Nationals ( at the end of Oct. 2012)
14 and
Instructor
Each company shall, where he/she has newly hired a foreign national or a foreign national whom he/she employed has separated from service, make a junior
notification
of
the
foreign
nationals
name,
status
of
high school
Researcher
residence, period of stay and other matters to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. (Foreign nationals with status of residence Diplomat Officials or Special Permanent resident are excluded).
127,382
20,717
44,496
55,164
20,807
44,943
65,261
47,682
82,921
89,783
88,146 others
52,273
50,493
46,592
42,634
42,273 engineer
67,291
69,395
68,467
67,854
69,721
56,490
23,210
82,042
71,610
59,769
56,067
78,940
29,044
55,276
35,135
57,323
44,684
61,763
Specialist in
Humanities
/international
service
2002 15
2003 16
2004 17
2005 18
2006 19
2007 20
2008 21
2009 22
2010 23
2011 24
2012
14
(Source: Ministry of Justice, 2012)
others are those who have other status of residence for work excluding diplomat and official.
14
12
12
10
10
others
engineer
Specialist in
Humanities
total
-2
-2
-4
-4
15
20 2009
212010
222011
23
24
2003 16
2004 17
2005 18
2006 19
2007 2008
2012
Global
financial crisis
/international
service
(number of company)
25000
20000
15000
60%
10000
5000
0
-5000
-100
100
200
40%
300
400
500
(employee per company)
note Blue indicates companies with 19 employees. Red indicates companies with 10 and more employees.
Size of circles indicates the number of foreign workers.
(number of companies)
24000
24000
22097
22000
22000
20000
20000
18000
18000
16000
16000
14000
13810
12000
10000
12000
10007
7720
7768
8000
6000
4000
14000
13069
10000
9338
8000
5694
4747
3129
3527
4261
1220
2000
6000
6051
1157
1220
798
1441
4000
2000
0
Number of
companies
Number of
employees
(Source: Ministry of Health, Labour and welfare,2012)
Government-sponsored
Privately-founded
Dispatched by Inter-governmental
agreement
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
(fiscal year)
application
permission
No permission
60.0%
50.0%
49.6%
52.2%
40.0%
37,898 people.
27.8%
30.0%
20.0%
8.5%
10.0%
4.2%
7.2%
5.7%
1.4%
0.0%
A: advance
on to school
in JPN
B: find
job in JPN
C: advance
on to school
in home
country
D: find
job in home
country
rd
rd
G: not decided
H: unknown
(Source: Japan Student Services Organization, FY2011)
4,67812.3
Only about 40 %
of job seekers are
actually
employed.
2.1%
Manufacturing
industry
n, 2.4%
Health
care,
Others,
9.4%
2.2%
10
11
12 13
14 15 16
99
Humaniti
es,
20.4%
Non-Manufacturing
industry
total
Arts,
3.3%
Agricultu
re, 2.3% Engineeri
ng,
16.9%
Social
science,
39.3%
Science,
1.6%
Source: Japan Student Services Organization, FY2012
90.0%
80.0%
Bangladesh
2%
77.0
Srilanka
1%
Thailand
1%
Nepal
2%
70.0%
60.0%
Others
11%
Viet Nam
3%
50.0%
40.0%
35.6
Taipei,
China
4%
33.0
30.0%
14.1
15.713.6
20.0%
17.8
13.6
4.2
6.3
Thailand
India
7.3
10.0%
15.2
9.9
6.3
7.3
3.1
14.1
10.5
R.O.Korea
14%
Peoples
Republic of
China
62%
US
Philippines
Indonesia
Viet Nam
Taipei,China
(
)
Rep. of .Korea
Peoples
Republic
of China
0.0%
Initiatives of
Employment Service Centers for Foreigners
Employment Service Centers for Foreigners:
public employment office specializing in providing job counseling and placement services for non-Japanese
(in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka)
Job counsellors specializing in employment of foreigners and interpreters are allocated to support
foreigners who are seeking jobs in Japan
Initiatives
Careful support of foreign students job seeking through nation-wide network of employment security
offices until their graduation
Cooperation with universities in finding students who have yet to get job offers, giving guidance to
foreigners hoping to work in Japan in their earlier grade.
Arrangement of internship and employment interview between foreign students and companies to
promote mutual understanding
.
Further Development
Cooperation with Employment security offices specializing
in employment of new graduates in developing job offering
and arranging internship, employment interview etc.
Employment interview held by
Osaka Employment Service Centers for Foreigners
publicity
Study
abroad
universities
universities
Specialized education
program
Support for Internship
Nationally
endorsed
scholarship
Employment support
In 2 years
Japanese
companies
Highly skilled
professionals
professor
Researcher
Investor/Business manager
etc.
revised
Targets
R&D bases
(gathering advanced researchers
indispensable for innovation)
Regional Headquarters
(gathering advanced managerial
talent indispensable for global
economic society)
Expected effects
construction of high-value added bases in Japan
creation of employment opportunities
development of new products and technology in cooperation with SMEs
Arrangement of medical
institution with multilingual
service and medical
interpreters
Expansion of Social
Security Agreement