Working Conditions and the Labor Market

2003
Jul	Majority of Home Helpers Dissatisfied with Low Social Status (PDF 105KB) Fiscal 2002 Saw the Largest Percentage Drop in Cash Earnings and Number of Permanent Employees (PDF 105KB)
Jun	Scheduled Cash Earnings Fall for the First Time: Government Survey (PDF 111KB) Almost Half of All Disabled Have Jobs (PDF 111KB)
Apr	2002 Unemployment Rate Hits Record High 5.4 Percent: Labor Force Surveys (PDF 93KB) Worker-dispatching Industry Expands (PDF 93KB) Unpaid Overtime Laid Bare at One-fifth of Establishments (PDF 93KB)
Mar	Half of Unemployed Stay Jobless for Six Months or Longer: Follow-up Survey (PDF 149KB) Average Wages Rise Slowly (PDF 149KB)
Feb	More Cases Recognized as Karoshi-related following Legal Revisions (PDF 83KB) Unpaid Overtime Becomes a Serious Problem (PDF 83KB) Mismatch between Supply and Demand for Those Who Work from Home (PDF 83KB)
Jan	Only Half of Granted Paid Holidays Actually Taken (PDF 180KB)
2002
Dec	One-fifth of Workers on Part-time Contracts (PDF 185KB)
Nov	The Effects of Deflation on Wages and Pension Payments (PDF 153KB)
Aug	More People Unemployed, and for Longer: Labour Force Survey (PDF 198KB) Number of Female Managers Still Low (PDF 198KB)
Jul	Wages and Working Hours Drop in FY 2001 (PDF 218KB)
Jun	Major Electronic Firms Cut Wages after Shunto Negotiations (PDF 179KB)
Apr	Number of Dispatched Workers in FY 2000 Jumps 30 Percent from Previous Year (PDF 196KB)
Mar	Ministry Revises Labour Force Survey Majority of Foreign Workers Employed in Manufacturing
Feb	New Movements Related to Companies’ Policies for Cutting Labor Costs
Jan	‘Interviews’ Commonly Conducted before Dispatching Workers
2001
Dec	Recent Trends in Transferring Employees The Situation and Views of Dispatched Workers
Nov	One in Four Large Firms Call for Voluntary Retirement or Carry Out Dismissals
Sep	Effects of Loan Write-Offs on Employment
Jul	Are Working Mothers Bad for Their Children? Using the Internet for Job Hunting Men and Women Indifferent to Men's Child-care Leave
May	Student Internships Gain in Popularity
Apr	Final Report concerning High School Graduates Seeking Jobs
Feb	End to the Decline in Rate of Promised Employment
Jan	High Labor Turnover and Increased Long-term Unemployment The 1999 General Survey on Wages and Working Hours System Reveals Increasing Difficulty in Taking Paid Leave
2000
Dec	Salaries in Private Firms Decrease for the Second Consecutive Year
Nov	The “Freeters” Issue National Personnel Authority Recommends Record Low Basic Wage Raise for Government Employees
Oct	Unemployment Drops: Second Consecutive Decline Brings Rate to 4.6 Percent
Sep	Participation in Private Employment Placement Services Increases
Jul	Sexual Harassment: Actual Inquiries and the Responses of Companies
Jun	Survey on Labour Economy Trend Hellowork Internet Servic
May	Worker Dispatching Businesses: Results of Enterprise Report in FY98
Apr	1999 Annual Unemployment Rate Hits Record High
Mar	Summary of the Survey on Employment Trends 1999 Survey on Wage Increases Revision of National Holiday Law Increases Consecutive Holidays
Feb	Special Survey of Labour Force Survey Growth Rate of Starting Salaries Employment Rates for the Disabled Remain Flat
Jan	Results of the 1998 General Survey on Wages and Working Hours System
1999
Dec	Job Vacancy Rate of High School Graduates Hits Record Low Salaries in Private Companies Decrease for the First Time in Five Years
Nov	Rise in Unemployment Rate among Youth Summary of Summer Bonus Negotiations
Sep	Registered Foreigners Exceeds 1.5 Million
Aug	Fewer Regular Employees, Longer Periods of Unemployment
Jul	Large Drop in the Employment Rate of University Graduates
Jun	Unemployment Rate Sets New Record at 4.8%
May	Employment in 1998: Results of the Labor Force and Monthly Labor Surveys
Apr	Preliminary Report on Job Applicant Survey:Twelve Percent of Employed Want to Change Jobs
Mar	Rate of Promised Employment for High-School Students at Lowest Levels in 20 Years
Feb	Employment of the Physically Disabled and the Mentally Challenged
Jan	Preliminary Results of the Survey on Wages and Working Hours - Weekly Scheduled Hours Drop Below 40 Hours for First Time in 1997 - The Unemployment Rate Surges to 4.4 Percent
1998
Dec	Preliminary Results from the Survey of Labor Economic Trends: Severe Unemployment The 1997 Basic Survey of the Employment Structure
Nov	Record Low Pay Raise for National Government Employees The Placement Rate and Starting Salaries for College Graduates in 1998 The 1997 Survey on Employment Trends (Preliminary Findings): The First Annual Increase in the Number of Separated Workers in Six Years
Oct	An Analysis of Wage Hikes Using the Laspeyres Wage Index
Sep	Recession Accompanied by Drop in the Demand for New College Graduates
Jul	Unemployment Rate Surges to 4.1 Percent
Jun	The Commissioning of Work by Companies and the Response of Labor Labor Dispatchers Continue to Expand
May	Unemployment Rate for Males Hits All-Time High in January Yamaichi Personnel Being Promised Re-employment
Apr	First Fall in Retirement Allowance: the Preliminary Results of the 1997 Survey on Wages
Mar	Job Separation Rate Up From 7.5% to 8.4%: Survey on Employment Trends Report on Sexual Harassment by the Ministry of Labour
Feb	¥3.4 Billion of Social Insurance Premiums Remains Unpaid
Jan	Forty Percent of Firms Adopt Working Hours Averaging Scheme: General Survey on Wages and Working Hours Systems
1997
Dec	Forty Percent at Local Companies are "U-Turners" : JIL Survey Average Scheduled Weekly Work Hours Down Below 40 Hours
Nov	Forty Percent are Critical of Downsizing: Rengo- Soken (JTUC Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards) Survey The Workplace Environment at Construction Site
Oct	Employed Elderly on the Decrease More Dispatched Workers and Manpower Dispatching Firms Medium-sized Firms Secure People
Sep	Outcome of a Special Survey of the Labor Force Survey in 1997
Aug	Over 50 Percent of Retail Employees are Employed on a Non-Regular Basis
Jul	JVADA Survey: Sufficient Supply of Highly Skilled Workers at One Third of Establishments Unemployment Rate Reaches a Record High of 3.3 Percent in 1996 Deaths Due to Industrial Accidents Rise for Third Consecutive Year
May	Employees Seeking New Jobs Top 2 Million Notably Among Young Workers in 1996
Apr	Monthly Labor Survey: Second Straight Year-on-Year Rise for Total Annual Work Hours
Mar	A 1996 Survey on Wage Increases "Recruiting Accord" Axed
Feb	Employment Rate of Disabled Registers Growth
1996
Nov	1996 Starting Salary Growth Below 1% for Second Straight Year Labor Mobility Grows 27%, First Annual Increase in 5 Years-Ministry of Labour Survey on Employment Trends-
Oct	Unemployment Rate Hit a Record High 3.5%
Sep	New Record: 2.37 Million Changed Jobs
Aug	Upward Trends in the Labor Market and Recruitment Trends for New Graduates Next Spring
Jul	1995 Basic Survey on Wage Structure
Jun	Female Employment Management
May	1994 Basic on Employment Management of Working Women - Implementation of Protective Measures for Working Women -
Apr	Number of Regular Workers Posts First Decline in 20 Years Corporate Support for job Change and Going Independent
Mar	1995 Wage Drops Below Level of Year Before
Feb	Ministry of Labour Bares 1995 Report on Foreign Workers
1995
Dec	Survey on Employment Diversification
Nov	A Report on Migrant Workers from Brazil 1994 Survey on Employment Trends by Ministry of Labour The Slicing-Away of Bank Staffers Underway
Oct	Jobless Rate Worsens
Jun	1994 Industry Labor Situation Survey
May	Severe Employment Conditions Continuing
Apr	Quake's Impact on Employment
Mar	Employment Situation Improving
Feb	Female Labor Force Participation Ratio Drops for the First Time in 7 Years
Jan	Shorter Hours Progress
1994
Dec	Job Openings - to - Applicants Ratio for Prospective High School Graduates
Nov	Recent Employment Situation & 1993 Survey on Employment Trends
Oct	Over 400,000 Physically and Mentally Handicapped Persons Employed
Sep	The 1994 Survey on Employment Management
Aug	Mid - Term Employment Vision
Jul	Recruiting Plans for New Grads for Fiscal 1995
Jun	Survey on Reality of Sogosyoku Women
Apr	Ongoing Reduction in Working Hours A Rising Tide of Tanshinfunin Persons: MCA's Basic Survey on Employment Structure
Feb	A Survey on Labor Economy Trend-Winter Bonuses for All Major Firms Fall
Jan	Migrant Workers Find Fewer Job Offers
1993
Nov	Basic Survey on Employment Structure A 1993 Survey on Employment Management
Oct	Slow Speed of Economic Recovery and Corporate Employment Adjustment
Sep	Summer Bonuses Show First Drop in 6 Years
Aug	Basic Survey on Female Employment and Management
Jul	Wage Trends
Jun	Childcare Leave Law - A year Later
May	Measures to Cope with Recession; From Cost - Cutting to Employment Adjustment
Mar	Employment Practices at Crossroads; -Managers Asked to Retire Early Survey on Wages
Jan	Ongoing Reduction in Working Hours Winter Bonus Freeze
1992
Dec	Moves toward Employment Adjustment Labor-Management Relation in foreign Affiliated Firms in Japan
Nov	Survey of Executive Compensation
Oct	Economic slowdown and Trends in Labor Market
Aug	Long Vacation and Employer's Legal Right to Revise Schedule
Jul	Employment Adjustment Widespred
Jun	Business Increasingly Cautious on Hiring of New Graduates
May	Auto and Electrical-Machinery Industries Set to Strongly Tackle Shorter Hours
Apr	"Non-Paid Overtime" should be Reduced, Says Metropolitan Labor Standards Bureau
Feb	Starting Wage Gap Between Firms Narrows; Survey Results on 1991 Starting Pay
Jan	Firms' Response to Child Care Leave
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