Newspaper Nikkei Asia On March 15, it was reported that the situation of the foreign labor force in Japan has changed many times due to fluctuations in wages and exchange rates.
In particular, Vietnamese workers in 2023 will surpass China to become the largest group of foreign workers in Japan, while the group of workers from Indonesia has tripled since 3.
According to data from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the total number of foreign workers in the country in 5 years has increased by 40,3%, reaching 2,05 million people as of October 10.
The growth rate of foreign workers was recorded to slow down when the COVID-19 epidemic spread worldwide in 2020. But this number increased by 12,4% from 2022 - 2023 as the epidemic situation gradually subsided. .
Accordingly, Vietnamese workers account for the largest proportion of the total number of foreign workers in Japan. This force increased by 63,6% within 5 years and reached 518.364 people.
Many of these Vietnamese workers participate in the technical intern training program. The program is designed to help transfer technical work skills to developing countries.
Meanwhile, the number of Chinese workers increased only 2,3% due to rising domestic wages and a weak yen reducing the attractiveness of jobs in Japan.
Human resources from Vietnam are also growing slowly as domestic wages increase. This group grows by 12,1% in 2022 and 2023, roughly equal to overall growth.
In response, Japanese employers are now offering higher salaries to attract workers.
Accordingly, the monthly basic salary for foreign technical interns (with about half of them coming from Vietnam), increases 8% in 2022, reaching 177.800 yen (or 1.200 USD, nearly 30 million VND). ).