In an online survey conducted between December 2020 and January 2021, about 56 percent of freelancers in Japan answered that they started their current way of working because they wanted to work at their own discretion. Greater flexibility was therefore the main reason people started to work as freelancers.
Main reasons why people in Japan chose to work as freelancers in 2020
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Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association. (March 25, 2021). Main reasons why people in Japan chose to work as freelancers in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 05, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1054043/japan-main-reasons-for-freelance-work/
Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association. "Main reasons why people in Japan chose to work as freelancers in 2020." Chart. March 25, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1054043/japan-main-reasons-for-freelance-work/
Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association. (2021). Main reasons why people in Japan chose to work as freelancers in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1054043/japan-main-reasons-for-freelance-work/
Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association. "Main Reasons Why People in Japan Chose to Work as Freelancers in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1054043/japan-main-reasons-for-freelance-work/
Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association, Main reasons why people in Japan chose to work as freelancers in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1054043/japan-main-reasons-for-freelance-work/ (last visited December 05, 2023)
Main reasons why people in Japan chose to work as freelancers in 2020 [Graph], Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association, March 25, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1054043/japan-main-reasons-for-freelance-work/