Japan’s Labor Force

Japan considers anyone who is 15 years or older and works for one hour or more for income as part of its labor force.

So, what age group makes up the biggest portion of the overall labor force?

That would be the 50-54 year olds with 7,470,000 workers.

The next biggest group are their kids, 30-34 year olds, with 7,370,000 workers.

After that comes the older siblings, 55-59 year olds with 7,010,000 workers.

And then the younger siblings, 25-29 year olds with 6,970,000 workers.

In other words – its the baby boomers…the war babies and their babies that are keeping Japan’s economy going.

Interestingly enough, there are almost as many 65+ workers 4,800,000 as there are 20-24 year olds with 4,880,000. 

People are having less kids in Japan and sooner or, well soon enough, it’s going to catch up with Japan.

What do you think?

Oh, male workers outnumber female workers – 37 million to 26 million overall. But…more employable men are out of work (4.9%) than employable women (4.4%) – meaning if you want to get something done in Japan, ask one of the hard working females to do it.

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