Japan: full-time employee labor shortages among businesses by company size

According to a survey conducted in January 2021 among business enterprises in Japan, close to 40 percent of large companies reported a shortage of regular full-time employees. Large companies were much more likely to report a shortage of regular full-time workers than small and medium-sized companies.

Share of companies experiencing a labor shortage of regular full-time employees in Japan as of January 2021, by company size

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Release date

February 2021

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

January 18 to 31, 2021

Number of respondents

11,441 business enterprises**

Supplementary notes

*Subsumed under small to mid-size companies.

**Composition of sample size:
Large companies n=2,007
Small to mid-size companies n=9,434 (of which 3,426 were small companies)

Definitions for each company size varied according to industry:

Manufacturing and others: large (capital stock over 300 million JPY, over 300 employees), small to mid-size (capital stock below 300 million JPY, below 300 employees), small (below 20 employees).
Wholesale: large (capital stock over 100 million JPY, over 100 employees), small to mid-size (capital stock below 100 million JPY, below 100 employees), small (below 5 employees).
Retail: large (capital stock over 50 million JPY, over 50 employees), small to mid-size (capital stock below 50 million JPY, below 50 employees), small (below 5 employees).
Service: large (capital stock over 50 million JPY, over 100 employees), small to mid-size (capital stock below 50 million JPY, below 100 employees), small (below 5 employees).

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