What Japan’s Foreign Workers are Doing

Japan is not having as many babies as they used to = the labor force is dwindling.

So, where is the labor force going to come from?

The number of foreign workers coming to Japan has reached an all-time high. The number of foreigners coming to Japan to work is nearly double what it was 10 years ago.

In 1995, 81,508 workers came to Japan. 10 years later the number reacher 158,877.

Add to that the estimated number of illegal workers that entered Japan in 2004 of 43,059 and the number is about 200,000.

So, what do the legal workers in Japan come to do?

The number one job for foreign workers in Japan is, um, entertainment – 134,879 in 2004. This number is nearly six times all of the other jobs combined that workers might come to do.

Still, 6,600 foreign workers came to work in international services.

Intra-company transferees made up 3,550.

Teachers and engineers were 3,180 and 3,506 respectively.

There were 2,339 professors and 2,211 skilled laborers.

Religious nuts, researchers and investors combined to make up 2,215 workers.

Japan, for what its worth, is pretty self sufficient. But, as the younger labor force dwindles, something will need to be done.

Where do you think is the answer?

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