The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced the general job placement status summarizing job openings, job seekers, and employment conditions at Hello Work for June 2025.
The effective job openings-to-applicants ratio (seasonally adjusted) for June 2025 was 1.22, down 0.02 points from the previous month. The new job openings-to-applicants ratio (seasonally adjusted) was 2.18, up 0.04 points from the previous month, while the regular employment effective job openings-to-applicants ratio (seasonally adjusted) was 1.02, down 0.02 points from the previous month. In the labor market, effective job openings decreased 1.2% from the previous month while effective job seekers increased 0.4%, showing changes in supply-demand balance.
By industry for new job openings compared to the same month last year, information and communications increased 5.2%, academic research and professional/technical services increased 1.8%, and construction increased 1.4%, while wholesale and retail trade decreased 11.7%, living-related services and entertainment decreased 9.1%, and education and learning support decreased 2.4%, showing contrasting results between industries.
By prefecture for effective job openings-to-applicants ratios, the highest by workplace was Fukui Prefecture at 1.84, lowest was Osaka Prefecture at 1.04, while by registration the highest was Tokyo and Fukui Prefecture at 1.70, and lowest was Kanagawa Prefecture at 0.85, showing continued regional disparities.
The article shows through specific figures that the June labor market exhibited contrasting movements of declining effective job openings-to-applicants ratios and rising new job openings-to-applicants ratios, with industrial structural changes and regional disparities becoming prominent.