among businesses in the private sector employing 30 or more regular employees; postal and online questionnaire
Supplementary notes
Scientific research, professional and technical services: excluding scientific and development research institutions.
Accommodations, eating and drinking services: excluding bars, cabarets, and nightclubs.
Living-related and personal services and amusement services: excluding Domestic services, crematories and graveyard custodians, and ceremonial occasions.
Services: excluding political, business and cultural organizations, religion, miscellaneous services, foreign governments and international agencies in Japan.
Excluding non-responses.
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Part-time employee shortages among business enterprises Japan 2025, by industry
In a survey conducted among private business enterprises in Japan, approximately ** percent of companies in the accommodations and eating and drinking services industry reported a shortage of part-time employees as of November 2025. Businesses belonging to the services industry (excluding services classified elsewhere) followed at around ** percent.
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MHLW (Japan). (December 23, 2025). Share of companies experiencing a labor shortage of part-time employees in Japan as of November 2025, by industry [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 03, 2026, from /statistics/1454995/japan-part-time-employee-labor-shortages-among-businesses-by-industry/
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