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July, 2020
Japan
Current Employment Situation
Covid-19 Restrictions – July 2020
Workforce Statistics – June 2020 Employment Numbers by Key Industry (in '000s)
Japan Employment Outlook – Manpower Employment Outlook Survey
Schools Reopened
Non-essential Shops Open
Bars and Restaurants Open
International Travel Allowed
Arrival Free of Quarantine
Total Labor Force
68.7m
Unemployed
1.95m
2.8%
No Significant change
Since Jan 2020
1%
Since June 2019
22.6%
Since Jan 2020
20.3%
Since June 2019
Total New Openings in June 766K
New Open Positions During June
# of new
jobs
General clerical workers
60,813
Merchandise sales workers
31,676
Other administrative and managerial workers
21,337
Management, finance, and insurance professionals
19,698
Data processing and communication engineers
18,036
Care service workers
17,244
Teachers
17,158
Social welfare specialist professionals
16,250
Customer service workers
13,491
Regions* with Most Openings - June
Tokyo, Tōkyō
189K
Osaka, Ōsaka
59K
Nagoya-Komaki, Aichi
23K
Sapporo-Otaru, Hokkaidō
20K
Kyoto, Kyōto
12K
Fukuoka, Fukuoka
11K
Kobe, Hyōgo
9K
Sendai, Miyagi
8K
10,870
15,440
8,620
4,550
4,040
3,490
3,280
2,550
2,360
2,340
290
110
50
130
Wholesale / Retail trade
Manufact/ Construction
Medical, Health care
/Welfare
Services, N.E.C.
Accom/ Food
Transport/Post
Education
Government
Research, Profess/ Tech
servs
Information / Comms
Q1 2020 Jobs lost since Q1 2019 (in 000's)
~120K jobs were added
~110K jobs were added
~210K jobs were added
~130K jobs were added
~60K jobs were added
~270K jobs were added
*Regions with Most Vacancies as recorded by
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Sources:
https://www.manpowergroup.com/workforce-insights/data-driven-workforce-insights/manpowergroup-
employment-outlook-survey-results#%20
https://unemploymentinindia.cmie.com
https://www.wantedanalytics.com/
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/month/index.html
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/COVID-19-Country-Specific-Information.html
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