In an online survey conducted between December 2020 and January 2021, about 56 percent of freelancers in Japan answered that they started their current way of working because they wanted to work at their own discretion. Greater flexibility was therefore the main reason people started to work as freelancers.
Main reasons why people in Japan chose to work as freelancers in 2020
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Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association. (March 25, 2021). Main reasons why people in Japan chose to work as freelancers in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1054043/japan-main-reasons-for-freelance-work/
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Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association. (2021). Main reasons why people in Japan chose to work as freelancers in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1054043/japan-main-reasons-for-freelance-work/
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Main reasons why people in Japan chose to work as freelancers in 2020 [Graph], Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association, March 25, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1054043/japan-main-reasons-for-freelance-work/