Chapter I

I-1 Real GDP Growth and the Unemployment Rate
I-2 Changes in the Price Increase Rate
I-3 Changes in Trade by Region
I-4 Changes in Unemployment and Long-term Unemployment Rate
I-5 Holding Loss of Lands and Stocks
I-6 Non-Performing Loans of Japanese Banks
I-7 Non-Performing Loans of Japanese Banks
I-8 Changes in the Number of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) by Type
Chapter II
II-1 Changes in the Total Population: medium, high, low
II-2 Changes in Population Pyramids: Medium Population Growth
II-3 Changes in Registered Alien Population by Nationality
II-4 Composition of Labor Force
II-5 Changes in the Labor Force Participation Ratio by Sex and Age: 1970–2001
II-6 Yearly Increases and Decreases in Employment Structure by Industry
II-7 Changes in the Number of Part-time Workers and Workers Supplied by Temporary Employment Agencies
II-8 Reasons for Hiring "Non-regular Workers"
II-9 Reasons for Working as a "Non-regular Worker"
II-10 Proportion of Workers by Form of Employment
II-11 Breakdown of Employed Persons (2002 Average)
II-12 Breakdown of Employees by Status at Work
II-13 Breakdown of Non-Agricultural/Forestry Industry Employees by Working Hours
II-14 Changes in Unemployment Rate and Long-term Unemployment Rate
II-15 Changes in Structural and Frictional Unemployment Rate and Deficient Demand
Chapter III
III-1 Attitudes of Companies Towards Lifetime Employment
III-2 Attitudes Towards Japanese Lifetime Employment
III-3 Current Ratio of Hiring for New Graduates (multiple responses)
III-4 Current Ratio of Hiring for Mid-career Workers (multiple responses)
III-5 Use of the Internet in Hiring Activities
III-6 Methods of Recruiting New College Graduates and Mid-career Hires (multiple responses)
III-7 Points Considered Important when Hiring Recent College Graduates
(up to 3 multiple responses)
III-8 Points Considered Important when Hiring Mid-career Workers (up to 3 multiple responses)
III-9 Points Taken Seriously in Hiring New Graduates and Mid-Career Workers (1,222 companies, JILPT 2003)
III-10 Reasons for Practicing the Hire of Mid-career Workers (multiple responses)
III-11 Method to secure desired human resources/capacities
III-12 Ratio of Companies That Did/Did Not Reassign Employees
III-13 Reasons for Transferring Employees
III-14 Ratio of Companies by Implementation Status of Various Personnel Management Systems and by Future Plans
III-15 Wage Profile by Age and Sex (manufacturing)
III-16 International Comparison of Working Hours (production workers in manufacturing industries: 2000)
III-17 Percentage of Annual Paid Vacation Days Consumed (2002)
III-18 Changes in Average Annual Working Hours per Worker
III-19 Percentage Fluctuations in Overtime Hours
III-20 Comparison of Labor Cost Structures by Cost Item (manufacturing)
III-21 Social Insurance Premium Rates (workers)
III-22 Breakdown of Average Compulsory Benefit Costs per Regular Worker each Month
III-23 Current Situation of Off-JT Implementation
III-24 Current Situation of Planned OJT Implementation
III-25 Responsibility for Skills Development
III-26 Support for Self-development by Employees (multiple responses)
III-27 Ratio of Enterprises with Fixed Retirement Age System, by Retirement Age
III-28 Ratio of Enterprises by Industry, Enterprise Scale, Retirement Age Class in Fixed Retirement Age System, Presence of Absence of Employment Expansion System, Re-employment System, and Future Adoption
III-29 Ratio of Enterprises by Challenge to Raising the Retirement Age to Early 60s
Chapter IV
IV-1 Changes in the Number of Union Members and the Estimated Unionization Rate for Part-time Workers (Unit labour union)
IV-2 Changes in the Number of Employees and Union Members, and the Estimated Unionization Rate
IV-3 Unionization Rate by Company Size
IV-4 Unionization by Industry
IV-5 Ratio of Labour Unions by Items Regarding Subject between Labour and Management, whether or not Negotiation was Held and Session through which Negotiation was Held (in the past 3 years) Total Labour Unions=100, M. A.
IV-6 Ratio of Labour Unions by Existence of Labour Disputes (in the past 3 years)
IV-7 Percentages of Collective Bargaining Carried Out over the Past 3 Years (all labor unions = 100)
IV-8 Ratio of Labor Unions That Have/Do Not Have Labor-Management Consultation Organization
IV-9 Ratio of Labour Unions by Whether They Had Labour–management Consultation Organization, Items Discussed and Platform where the Talk Were Held
IV-10 Matters for Discussion, and Percentage of Workplaces Handling these Matters (by method of handling)
IV-11 Ratio of Labour Unions by Items Discussed between Labour and Management, and Platform Where the Talks Were Held (in the past 3 years)
IV-12 Relation between Economic Growth Rate and Rate of Wage Increases
Chapter V
V-1 System of Employment Measures for Elderly Persons
V-2 System of Employment Measures for Persons with Disabilities
V-3 Employment Situation of Disabled Persons (report on employment conditions, 1 June each year)
V-4 Employment Situation of Disabled Persons (transactions handled by public employment security offices)
V-5 The Organization and Functions of the Public Employment Service Institutions (as of March 31, 2003)
V-6 Shifts in Average Total Annual Working Hours per Worker (FY, finalized)
V-7 International Comparison of Annual Working Hours (workers in the manufacturing industry: 2001)
V-8 International Comparison of Annual Holidays
V-9 Methods Used to Set Minimum Wages (minimum wages set through minimum wage council investigation and deliberation)
V-10 Minimum Wages (weighted national average)
V-11 Changes in Reported Cases of Occupational Accidents
V-12 Outline of Workers’ Compensation Insurance System
V-13 Target Value of Percentage of Workers Taking Child Care Leave included in the "Policies and Measures to Support Fostering Next-Generation Youths"
V-14 Changes in Number of Births and the Total Fertility Rate
V-15 Changes in the Number and Percentage of Part-time Employees (people who work less than 35 hours per week) in Industries besides Agriculture and Forestry
V-16 Outline of Self-education and Training in the Private Sector
V-17 Public Vocational Training Programs
Chapter VI
VI-1 The Social Security System by Life Stage
VI-2 Percentage of National Income Occupied by Social Security Benefits and Social Security Costs
VI-3 Changes in Percentage of Population by 3 Age Groups: Average Projections
VI-4 Changes in Social Security Benefits by Category
VI-5 Current Status of Income Disparity and Redistribution Effects by Social Security (Gini index)
VI-6 The Pension System
VI-7 Annual Changes in Numbers of Public Pension Plan Subscribers and Public Pension Recipients
VI-8 The Medical Insurance System
VI-9 Long-term Care Insurance: Approval of the Necessity for Long-term Care and Method of Using Services
Appendix (International Comparisons)
Appendix 1 Population, Labour Force and Labour Force Participation Rate by Gender and Age
Appendix 2 Ratio of Part-time Workers to Number of Employed
Appendix 3 Unemployment Rate (levels announced by each country)
Appendix 4 Wages (manufacturing industries)
Appendix 5 Yearly Actual Working Hours (estimates, in principle for manufacturing industry and production labourers)
Appendix 6 Unionization Rate