Japan Labor Issues
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
2026
2024
2023
- The 6th JILPT Tokyo Comparative Labor Policy Seminar 2023 “Current Situation and Challenges of Inequality in Society: Overcoming Social Divisions towards the Post-COVID-19 Era” (PDF:3.9MB)
- Statistical Indicators Vol.7, No.41, January 2023 (PDF:702KB)
2022
- The 5th JILPT Tokyo Comparative Labor Policy Seminar 2022 “The Impact of COVID-19 on Labor Market and Policy Responses ― Strengthening Social Protection for Vulnerable Workers” (PDF:3.34MB)
- Changes in Work/Life Situations and Psychological Distress during the Prolonged COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan (PDF:381KB)
- Statistical Indicators Vol.6, No.39, October 2022 (PDF:616KB)
- Statistical Indicators Vol.6, No.38, July 2022 (PDF:647KB)
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Employment and Labor
MHLW's White Paper on the Labor Economy 2021 (PDF:1.38MB) - Remote Work and Job Satisfaction that Depends on Personality Traits: Evidence from Japan (PDF:482KB)
- Statistical Indicators Vol.6, No.37, March-April 2022 (PDF:657KB)
- Social Inequality in the Prevalence of Working from Home under the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan (PDF:540KB)
- Analysis of Regular Employees Whose Inclination to Change Jobs Has Increased in the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF:757KB)
- Statistical Indicators Vol.6, No.36, January-February 2022 (PDF:630KB)
2021
- COVID-19-Related Job Separation and Income Decline in Japan (PDF:802KB)
- Statistical Indicators Vol.5, No.35, December 2021 (PDF:624KB)
- MHLW's Guidelines for Promoting and Establishing High-quality Telework (PDF:193KB)
- Wage Compensation during Leave in the COVID-19 Crisis and Its Impacts on Workers' Careers (PDF:678KB)
- Statistical Indicators Vol.5, No.34, October-November 2021 (PDF:586KB)
- The MHLW Study Group Proposes the Direction of Employment Policy for Post-COVID-19 (PDF:171KB)
- Accommodation and Food Services Workers amid the COVID-19 Crisis in Japan (PDF:695KB)
- Working from Home and Work-life Balance during COVID-19: The Latest Changes and Challenges in Japan (PDF:678KB)
- Statistical Indicators Vol.5, No.33, August-September 2021 (PDF:575KB)
- Job Separation and Reemployment amid the COVID-19 Crisis in Japan (PDF:1.47MB)
- How Women Bear the Brunt of COVID-19's Damages on Work (Continued, Part II): Catch Up With Men on the Employment Recovery (PDF:1.23MB)
- Statistical Indicators Vol.5, No.31, June 2021(PDF:959KB)
- Working Hours under the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: Reviewing Changes by Situation Phase during and after the 2020 State of Emergency Declaration (PDF:473KB)
- Statistical Indicators Vol.5, No.30, April-May 2021 (PDF:494KB)
- How Women Bear the Brunt of COVID-19’s Damages on Work (Continued): The Gender Gap in Employment Recovery (PDF:514KB)
- Statistical Indicators Vol.5, No.29, February-March 2021 (PDF:499KB)
- How Women Bear the Brunt of COVID-19’s Damages on Work (PDF:476KB)
- Impact of the COVID-19 Recession on Full-Time Workers: Shortened Work Hours, Working from Home, and Possible Widening of Income Disparities (PDF:438KB)
- Statistical Indicators Vol.5, No.28, January 2021 (PDF:512KB)
2020
- The Employment Adjustment Subsidy and New Assistance for Temporary Leave (PDF:260KB)
- Diminished Non-regular Employment, Solid Regular Employment: What Impacts Did the “First Wave” of the COVID-19 Pandemic Have in Japan? (PDF:307KB)
- What Impacts is the COVID-19 Crisis Having on Work and Daily Life? —From the Results of "Survey on the Impact that Spreading Novel Coronavirus Infection has on Work and Daily Life" (May 2020 Survey) (PDF:513KB)
- Statistical Indicators Vol.4, No.27, November-December 2020 (PDF:489KB)
- Decreased Working Hours and Impact on Wages: A Look Back at the Novel Coronavirus’s “First Wave” in Japan (PDF:499KB)
- Statistical Indicators Vol.4, No.26, October 2020 (PDF:488KB)
- Student Part-timers as a Subject of Labor Policy (PDF:208KB)
- Statistical Indicators Vol.4, No.25, August-September 2020 (PDF:468KB)
- Spread of the Novel Coronavirus and the Future of Japanese Labor Policy (PDF:207KB)
- A Look at Japanese Households Facing Risk of Livelihood Collapse Due to COVID-19 (PDF:304KB)
- Employment Trends and Employment/Labor Measures of Japan Affected by Spread of COVID-19 (PDF:440KB)
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