According to a survey conducted in January 2021 among business enterprises in Japan, close to 40 percent of large companies reported a shortage of regular full-time employees. Large companies were much more likely to report a shortage of regular full-time workers than small and medium-sized companies.
Share of companies experiencing a labor shortage of regular full-time employees in Japan as of January 2021, by company size
**Composition of sample size:
Large companies n=2,007
Small to mid-size companies n=9,434 (of which 3,426 were small companies)
Definitions for each company size varied according to industry:
Manufacturing and others: large (capital stock over 300 million JPY, over 300 employees), small to mid-size (capital stock below 300 million JPY, below 300 employees), small (below 20 employees).
Wholesale: large (capital stock over 100 million JPY, over 100 employees), small to mid-size (capital stock below 100 million JPY, below 100 employees), small (below 5 employees).
Retail: large (capital stock over 50 million JPY, over 50 employees), small to mid-size (capital stock below 50 million JPY, below 50 employees), small (below 5 employees).
Service: large (capital stock over 50 million JPY, over 100 employees), small to mid-size (capital stock below 50 million JPY, below 100 employees), small (below 5 employees).
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Teikoku Databank. (February 24, 2021). Share of companies experiencing a labor shortage of regular full-time employees in Japan as of January 2021, by company size [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113074/japan-full-time-employee-labor-shortages-among-companies-by-company-size/
Teikoku Databank. "Share of companies experiencing a labor shortage of regular full-time employees in Japan as of January 2021, by company size." Chart. February 24, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113074/japan-full-time-employee-labor-shortages-among-companies-by-company-size/
Teikoku Databank. (2021). Share of companies experiencing a labor shortage of regular full-time employees in Japan as of January 2021, by company size. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113074/japan-full-time-employee-labor-shortages-among-companies-by-company-size/
Teikoku Databank. "Share of Companies Experiencing a Labor Shortage of Regular Full-time Employees in Japan as of January 2021, by Company Size." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Feb 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113074/japan-full-time-employee-labor-shortages-among-companies-by-company-size/
Teikoku Databank, Share of companies experiencing a labor shortage of regular full-time employees in Japan as of January 2021, by company size Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113074/japan-full-time-employee-labor-shortages-among-companies-by-company-size/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of companies experiencing a labor shortage of regular full-time employees in Japan as of January 2021, by company size [Graph], Teikoku Databank, February 24, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113074/japan-full-time-employee-labor-shortages-among-companies-by-company-size/
