Effective job openings-to-applicants ratio Averaged 1.31 times over the past year, exceeding the previous year for the second consecutive year. However, the situation remains low compared to 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic.
There is a movement to reduce the number of job openings in the manufacturing and construction industries due to soaring raw material costs, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said. The number of people seeking work was 1,909,647 per month on average.