Japan's foreign worker count hits a record high for the 12th consecutive year.
Japan's foreign workforce reached a record 2.3 million, driven by labor shortages, with notable increases in various sectors and nationalities.
Listen up! Japan's got a serious labor shortage situation, hitting a record high of 2,302,587 foreign workers by the end of October last year. That's a hefty 12.4% increase from the previous year. The biggest crew coming in? The Vietnamese, with 570,708 workers, followed by the Chinese at 408,805.
And get this—workers from Myanmar and Indonesia are the real MVPs with a staggering 61.0% and 39.5% growth, respectively. It ain't just in one sector; manufacturing saw an 8.3% uptick, while the service sector jumped 10.5%. But the medical and welfare scene is blowing up with a 28.1% increase. Tokyo's got a solid 585,791 foreign workers, comprising 25.4% of the total. Nagasaki is the champ of growth at 28.1%.
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