According to a survey conducted between November and December 2019 about diversity at the workplace in Japan, encountering no disadvantages in their career path due to their gender or sexual identity was of utmost importance to the majority of respondents when asked what it takes to create a LGBT-friendly work environment. Since power abuse and sexual harassment are common forms of workplace bullying experienced by employees in Japan, having a work environment without those issues was considered LGBT-friendly by the second largest majority of respondents.
Requirements for a workplace that allows sexual minorities to comfortably work at in Japan 2019
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Heterosexual (with an LGBT acquaintance)
Heterosexual (without an LGBT acquaintance)
Lesbian
Gay
Bisexual
Transgender
Other
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among Japanese full-time employees, multiple answers possible
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Original question: "How do you imagine a LGBT-friendly workplace?"
The source specifies that all respondents apart from transgender respondents are cisgender, meaning that their sex assigned at birth matches their gender identity.
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MHLW (Japan). (September 16, 2020). Requirements for a workplace that allows sexual minorities to comfortably work at in Japan 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184998/japan-requirement-lgbt-friendly-workplace/
MHLW (Japan). "Requirements for a workplace that allows sexual minorities to comfortably work at in Japan 2019." Chart. September 16, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184998/japan-requirement-lgbt-friendly-workplace/
MHLW (Japan). (2020). Requirements for a workplace that allows sexual minorities to comfortably work at in Japan 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184998/japan-requirement-lgbt-friendly-workplace/
MHLW (Japan). "Requirements for a Workplace That Allows Sexual Minorities to Comfortably Work at in Japan 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184998/japan-requirement-lgbt-friendly-workplace/
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Requirements for a workplace that allows sexual minorities to comfortably work at in Japan 2019 [Graph], MHLW (Japan), September 16, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184998/japan-requirement-lgbt-friendly-workplace/