total number of foreign workers increased significantly in recent years. The manufacturing industry continued to be the most important employer of foreign labor in Japan, employing more than 483 thousand people from other countries as of October 2019.
The share of foreign workers among the labor force in Japan amounted to around 2.2 percent as of 2018. The Share of foreign workers among the labor force in Japan from 2009 to 2018
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Cabinet Office Japan. "Share of foreign workers among the labor force in Japan from 2009 to 2018." Chart. September 6, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 08, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183240/japan-share-foreign-workers-labor-force/
Cabinet Office Japan. (2019). Share of foreign workers among the labor force in Japan from 2009 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 08, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183240/japan-share-foreign-workers-labor-force/
Cabinet Office Japan. "Share of Foreign Workers among The Labor Force in Japan from 2009 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183240/japan-share-foreign-workers-labor-force/
Cabinet Office Japan, Share of foreign workers among the labor force in Japan from 2009 to 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183240/japan-share-foreign-workers-labor-force/ (last visited May 08, 2024)
Share of foreign workers among the labor force in Japan from 2009 to 2018 [Graph], Cabinet Office Japan, September 6, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183240/japan-share-foreign-workers-labor-force/