Official information on the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Statistics Employment Trends Survey. For an overview of the Reiwa 7 results, it provides a printable PDF for reviewing the full...
On August 31, 2026, Prime Minister Takaichi attended the FY2026 Prime Minister’s Award and Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare’s Award for Creating Supportive Workplace Environments for Care...
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare released the general employment referral figures for July 2026. The seasonally adjusted active job openingstoapplicants ratio was 1.18, unchanged from the...
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will publish an interim report on remote and automated construction in sediment control projects. In light of labor shortages in...
The 7th subcommittee reviewed the situation following revisions to the Guidelines on Business Transfers and Other Matters in light of the creation of the business value collateral right; major court...
This article presents an overview of Abe, Hirano, and Kaihatsu (2026), which analyzes the role of ideas and practices established during the deflationary period that wages and prices should not rise...
On August 12, 2026, Prime Minister Takaichi attended the 10th Emergency Disaster Response Headquarters meeting on the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake. She instructed the government as a whole to accelerate...
A Bank of Japan working paper empirically analyzes linkages in corporate spending behavior along supply chains using production network data from Japan’s manufacturing sector, examining both capital...
At the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s sixth study group meeting, members discussed survey findings on platform workers’ working styles, based on materials organized according to the factors...
This collection includes prefecturespecific minimum wage amounts and increases, recommendation and effective dates, ranks, and minimum wage trends, as well as materials on impact rates, belowminimum...
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s public relations initiative, the Kyouiku (Tomoiku) Project, released the preliminary results of its “Survey on Young People’s Views on Balancing Work and...
In the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s FY2026 tally, the average settlement for 428 companies was 18,167 yen, and the wage increase rate was 5.18%. Compared with the previous year, the...
This page provides an overview of the FY Reiwa 6 Employment Trend Survey Results. It offers PDF versions of the survey results overview, statistical tables, and related materials, and also provides...
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare will revise employment insurance basic allowance daily amounts from August 1, 2026. In light of the approximately 2.7% increase in average wages in fiscal...
On July 31, 2026, Prime Minister Takaichi attended the first ministerial meeting on heatstroke measures and said the government had compiled “Heatstroke Measures to Get Through Extreme Heat.” She...
Regarding the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake, this provides information on special measures for basic employment insurance benefits for workers and the use of employmentrelated subsidies, including the...
The third review meeting discussed surveys by provider associations on enrollment status, workforce recruitment effects, and contribution burdens; stabilization measures referencing public pension...
Although working hours are trending downward, fulltime workers find it difficult to adjust their schedules flexibly. Long working hours harm health and satisfaction, while commuting time also affects...
While labor shortages persist, jobopening indicators and Hello Work usage rates are declining. As AI adoption advances the substitution of tasks such as clerical work, labor mobility aligned with...
Japan's economy in fiscal 2025 recorded positive growth in both real and nominal GDP, supported by private consumption and business investment. Middle East tensions affected crude oil and...