| (1) | Outline of places of business that conducted reporting and foreign laborers (--Attachment: 1(1))
| a | This fiscal year, 145,346 places of business were asked to submit reports. A total of 90,623 places of business (including places of business that do not employ foreign laborers) submitted reports. Of these, 24,678 either directly or indirectly employ foreign laborers.
| Note: | Although there was a 5.6% decline in the number of places of business to which report requests were sent compared to the previous fiscal year, the number of submitting places of business rose by 16.9%. This means that there as an increase in the share of submitting places of business among requested places of business of from 50.4% to 62.3%. Conversely, the share of places of business employing foreign laborers among all submitting places of business fell compared to the previous fiscal year-from 29.9% to 27.2%. |
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| b | Of the places of business that conducted reporting, 22,127 reported that they directly employ foreign laborers. These places of business reported that the number of foreign laborers in their employ was 179,966 (--Attachment: 1(2), pg.4).
| i. | By industry, "manufacturing"had the highest numbers in terms of both places of business and foreign laborers. The number of places of business in this sector accounted for some 50% of the total, and the number of foreign laborers in this sector accounted for some 60% of the total. |
| ii. | Looking at places of business in terms of size, the highest numbers of places of business and foreign laborers belonged to the "100 to 299 people"category. |
| iii. | The average number of foreign laborers per place of business was 8.1 (previous fiscal year: 7.6). |
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| (2) | Characteristics of directly-employed foreign laborers (--Attachment: 2)
| a. | In terms of gender, men made up more than 50% of the total. |
| b. | Looking at foreign laborers by region, "East Asia"and "Latin America"each accounted for one-third, followed by "Southeast Asia", which accounted for more than 10%. This year’s survey marked the first time since the survey was begun in FY1993 that "East Asia"surpassed "Latin America". It should be noted that some 90% of persons from Latin America are "people of Japanese descent". |
| c. | Looking at foreign laborers by status of residence, those having status as "spouse or child of Japanese national", "spouse or child of permanent resident", or "long-term resident"that place no limitations on employment (hereinafter referred to as "no limitations on employment), such as persons of Japanese descent, made up approximately half of the total. This was followed by so-called "laborers in specialized or technical fields"(hereinafter referred to "specialized or technical fields"), which allows employment within a certain sphere, with approximately 20%. Of these, the status of residence of some 60% was either "skilled labor"or "specialist in humanities/international services".
| Note: | "Laborers in specialized or technical fields"refers to laborers who have a status of residence that limits employment activity-e.g., people involved with instruction, art, religion, reporting, investment and management, law, accounting administration, medical care, research, education, technology, humanities and international services, intra-company transfer, entertainment, and skills. |
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| d. | Looking at vocation, the most common was "production worker"with nearly 60% of the total, followed by "specialized, technical, or management position". |
| e. | The percentage of regular employees ("regular employee"refers to a person who is employed under an employment contract that does not have a set time limit, and whose designated work hours per day or per week are not less than those of an ordinary laborer) was 24.5% of the total. This marked a decrease compared to the previous year (25.8%). Looking at vocation, higher percentages were found in "business or administration"and "specialized, technical, or management position", while those for "sales, cooking, service, or reception"and "production worker"were low. |
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| (3) | Characteristics of directly-employed foreign laborers by industry and size of place of business (--Attachment: 3)
| a. | In terms of industry, persons from "Latin America"or having "no limitations on employment"status of residence made up the majority of laborers working in "manufacturing"and "services". In "eating and drinking places, accommodations"and "wholesale and retail trade", it was characteristic to see high percentages of people from "East Asia"and those with an "overseas study or school attendance (part-time job)"status of residence. In addition, persons from "North America"and those having "specialized or technical fields"status of residence made up the majority of "education, learning support". |
| b. | Looking at size of place of business, the larger the place of business, the lower the percentages of "production worker"and "specific activities (technical trainee)". However, in comparison, there as an apparent trend toward increasing percentages of persons having a "specialized, technical, or management position", persons coming from "North America"and "Europe", and persons having a "specialized or technical fields"or "overseas study or school attendance (part-time job)"status of residence. |
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| (4) | Hiring and job separation of directly-employed foreign laborers (--Attachment: 4)
Looking at employment and job separation over the past one year, the number of newly hired persons was 106,926, while the number of persons leaving their jobs was 81,345. This represents shares of 59.4% and 45.2%, respectively, of all directly-employed foreign laborers. |
| (5) | Places of business that primarily engage in labor dispatch or contracting (--Attachment: 5)
Of the 22,127 places of business that directly employ foreigners and the 179,966 foreign laborers, the number of places of business that primarily engage in labor dispatch and contracting was 2,035 and the number of related foreign laborers was 50,944. These figures represent 9.2% and 28.3%, respectively, of the totals for direct employment. |
| (6) | Numbers of places of business and foreign laborers by region and their characteristics (--Attachment: 6)
Looking at individual prefectures, the highest numbers of places of business belonged (in order) to Tokyo, Aichi, Kanagawa, Osaka, and Shizuoka, and the highest numbers of foreign laborers belonged (in order) to Tokyo, Aichi, Shizuoka, Kanagawa, and Osaka. In both cases, these top five prefectures accounted for approximately 50% of the total. |
| (7) | Places of business that plan to hire new foreign laborers in the next six months (--Attachment: 7)
Of the places of business that conducted reporting, the number of places of business that plan to hire new foreign laborers in the next months was 3,743. This represented 15.2% of the total. |
| (8) | Notes on indirect employment (--Attachment: 8)
The number of places of business that reported that indirectly employ foreign laborers (this includes "places of business that both directly and indirectly employ foreign laborers"and "places of business that only indirectly employ foreign laborers") was 5,135. The number of foreign laborers employed at these places of business was 132,436.
| (1) | Looking at individual industries, the numbers of places of business and of laborers were highest for "manufacturing". Some 90% of indirectly-employed foreign laborers were employed in "manufacturing". |
| (2) | Looking at places of business by size, the numbers of places of business and of laborers were highest in the "100 to 299 people"category |
| (3) | The average number of foreign laborers per place of business was 25.8 people (25.1 people in the previous year) |
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| Note: | Reporting via the Internet (electronic application) was made possible starting this fiscal year. Of the places of business to which report requests were sent, the number of places of business that conducted reporting through electronic application was 1,376 (a 0.9% share of all places of business to which report requests were sent). |
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