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Table 7: Number of Foreign Laborers (Direct Employment) by Vocation, Region of Origin, Status of Residence, and Industry

Units: person, %
   Manufacturing Services, N.E.C. Eating and drinking
places,
accommodations
Education, learning
support
Wholesale and retail
trade
No. of people Composition
ratio
No. of people Composition
ratio
No. of people Composition
ratio
No. of people Composition
ratio
No. of people Composition
ratio
Total 103,234 [57.4] 18,567 [10.3] 12,723 [7.1] 16,794 [9.3] 12,592 [7.0]
   Men 54,393 52.7 10,150 54.7 6,597 51.9 11,157 66.4 6,380 50.7
Women 48,841 47.3 8,417 45.3 6,126 48.1 5,637 33.6 6,212 49.3
By Vocation a Specialized, technical, or management position 6,236 6.0 4,106 22.1 239 1.9 15,005 89.3 2,108 16.7
b Business or administration 2,588 2.5 1,129 6.1 72 0.6 493 2.9 1,439 11.4
c Sales, cooking, service, or reception 1,450 1.4 1,410 7.6 11,831 93.0 11 0.1 6,683 53.1
d Production worker 92,183 89.3 7,614 41.0 108 0.8 16 0.1 1,544 12.3
e Construction or civil engineering worker 67 0.1 54 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 0.1
f Transport labor 214 0.2 519 2.8 19 0.1 2 0.0 296 2.4
g Other 496 0.5 3,735 20.1 454 3.6 1,267 7.5 509 4.0
By Region of Origin a East Asia 31,642 30.7 6,738 36.3 10,239 80.5 5,093 30.3 8,391 66.6
b Southeast Asia 14,878 14.4 2,643 14.2 1,402 11.0 621 3.7 1,862 14.8
c Other Asia and Middle East 1,374 1.3 498 2.7 516 4.1 523 3.1 385 3.1
d North America 493 0.5 978 5.3 64 0.5 5,190 30.9 559 4.4
e Latin America 53,496 51.8 6,701 36.1 273 2.1 235 1.4 598 4.7
   Of these, persons having Japanese ancestry 48,316 <90.3> 5,852 <87.3> 186 <68.1> 55 <23.4> 444 <74.2>
f Europe 825 0.8 683 3.7 170 1.3 3,443 20.5 568 4.5
g Other 526 0.5 326 1.8 59 0.5 1,689 10.1 229 1.8
By Status of Residence a Employment possible in specialized or technical fields 7,955 7.7 4,087 22.0 1,139 9.0 11,350 67.6 2,808 22.3
   Of these, those having "skilled labor" or "specialist in humanities/ international services" 5,168 (65.0) 2,738 (67.0) 462 (40.6) 4,699 (41.4) 2,117 (75.4)
b No limitations on employment 69,148 67.0 10,964 59.1 2,553 20.1 2,542 15.1 3,874 30.8
c Overseas study or school attendance (part-time job) 4,391 4.3 2,992 16.1 8,682 68.2 2,507 14.9 5,071 40.3
d Specific activities (technical trainee) 21,247 20.6 300 1.6 41 0.3 7 0.0 492 3.9
e Specific activities
(Working Holiday)
105 0.1 40 0.2 38 0.3 168 1.0 100 0.8
f Other 388 0.4 184 1.0 270 2.1 220 1.3 247 2.0

Note 1: Figures inside [  ] are compositional ratios of hired foreign laborers by industry
Note 2: Figures inside <  > are the percentages of persons of Japanese decent of among all people from the Latin American region
Note 3: Figures inside (  ) are the percentage of people having "skilled labor" or "specialist in humanities/international services" status among all people who have status of residence allowing them to work in specialized or technical fields.


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