Overview
This is important labor statistics published by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in July 2025, conducting detailed surveys on women's promotion to managerial positions and parental leave take-up rates by gender. The survey targets approximately 6,400 business establishments and about 18,000 workers nationwide, serving as fundamental data for quantitatively understanding progress in gender-equal society.
Regarding women's promotion to managerial positions, the proportion of women at section chief level reached 12.3%, up 0.6 percentage points from the previous year's 11.7%. Department head level reached 8.9% (previous year 8.4%) and subsection chief level reached 19.8% (previous year 19.1%), showing gradual but continued upward trends. By industry, medical/welfare (32.1%), accommodation/food services (28.7%), and retail (24.3%) show high female manager ratios, while construction (4.2%), manufacturing (7.8%), and transportation (8.9%) remain at low levels.
Company size analysis shows medium-sized companies with 30-99 employees having the highest female section chief ratio at 15.2%, while large companies with 1,000+ employees show lower rates at 9.8%. This reflects the reality that smaller companies have greater necessity for talent utilization and must promote capable personnel regardless of gender.
Regarding childcare leave take-up status, women's take-up rate reached 86.6%, up 1.5 percentage points from the previous year's 85.1%, reaching a record high. Men's take-up rate reached 40.5%, significantly up 10.4 percentage points from the previous year's 30.1%, achieving the 40% level for the first time. This reflects the effects of measures promoting men's childcare leave take-up under the revised Child Care and Family Care Leave Act implemented in October 2022 (including creation of paternity leave system).
Regarding men's childcare leave duration, "less than 1 month" was most common at 47.8%, followed by "1-3 months" at 31.2% and "3-6 months" at 12.4%. For women, "12-18 months" was most common at 34.2%, showing significant gender differences in take-up duration. Men's average take-up period is about 2.3 months, substantially shorter compared to women's approximately 11.8 months.
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This is important labor statistics published by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in July 2025, conducting detailed surveys on women's promotion to managerial positions and parental leave take-up rates by gender. The survey targets approximately 6,400 business establishments and about 18,000 workers nationwide, serving as fundamental data for quantitatively understanding progress in gender-equal society.
Regarding women's promotion to managerial positions, the proportion of women at section chief level reached 12.3%, up 0.6 percentage points from the previous year's 11.7%. Department head level reached 8.9% (previous year 8.4%) and subsection chief level reached 19.8% (previous year 19.1%), showing gradual but continued upward trends. By industry, medical/welfare (32.1%), accommodation/food services (28.7%), and retail (24.3%) show high female manager ratios, while construction (4.2%), manufacturing (7.8%), and transportation (8.9%) remain at low levels.
Company size analysis shows medium-sized companies with 30-99 employees having the highest female section chief ratio at 15.2%, while large companies with 1,000+ employees show lower rates at 9.8%. This reflects the reality that smaller companies have greater necessity for talent utilization and must promote capable personnel regardless of gender.
Regarding childcare leave take-up status, women's take-up rate reached 86.6%, up 1.5 percentage points from the previous year's 85.1%, reaching a record high. Men's take-up rate reached 40.5%, significantly up 10.4 percentage points from the previous year's 30.1%, achieving the 40% level for the first time. This reflects the effects of measures promoting men's childcare leave take-up under the revised Child Care and Family Care Leave Act implemented in October 2022 (including creation of paternity leave system).
Regarding men's childcare leave duration, "less than 1 month" was most common at 47.8%, followed by "1-3 months" at 31.2% and "3-6 months" at 12.4%. For women, "12-18 months" was most common at 34.2%, showing significant gender differences in take-up duration. Men's average take-up period is about 2.3 months, substantially shorter compared to women's approximately 11.8 months.