Teikoku Databank (TBC) released its survey on corporate trends regarding the employment and recruitment of foreign workers (August 2025) on September 26.
<Trends in the employment and recruitment of foreign workers>
Currently, 24.7% of companies "employ" foreign nationals, a 1.0 percentage point increase from the previous survey (February 2024), while 14.3% of companies intend to expand their hiring.
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Among companies intending to expand hiring in the transportation and warehousing sector, the percentage rose from 20.9% to 23.1%, a 2.2 percentage point increase. One company stated, "Because we handle a wide variety of cargo, it is difficult to standardize operations. Communication is crucial for carrying out our work, and we have not yet been able to hire."
While the transportation and warehousing sector is designated as a field for specified skills, four other industries are also designated as fields for specified skills: "restaurants," "agriculture, forestry, and fisheries," "pulp, paper, and paper product manufacturing," and "maintenance, security, and inspection."
<Challenges in employing and recruiting foreign workers>
The challenges in employing and recruiting foreign workers remain high, particularly regarding "education in skills and language" and "communication." It is argued that, under government leadership to promote the acceptance of foreign workers, mechanisms for building smooth labor-management relations are necessary.
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