China News Service, June 3, according to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report on the 2nd, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare recently estimated that about 16,000 people in Japan were fired because of the new crown epidemic. 4000 people.
The sudden new epidemic has hit Japan's tourism industry hard. The picture shows the Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto, Japan on May 22. Although the local emergency was lifted on May 21, there are still a handful of tourists.
According to the statistics of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, from the end of January to May 29, due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, the business conditions of merchants deteriorated, and a total of 16,723 people were fired in Japan. In terms of industry categories, the most dismissed were the accommodation industry, with 3702 people; the tourism and transportation industry to which tourist buses and taxi drivers belonged was second, followed by 2287 people; the manufacturing industry ranked third with 2269 people; catering The industry is 2122 people.
According to report analysis, from the perspective of industry categories, tourism-related industries have been the most affected.
In addition, from a regional perspective, Tokyo was the most fired, with 2,495 people; Osaka and Hokkaido ranked second and third with 1,789 and 1,025.
Regarding this situation, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare stated that "if the current economic situation that does not see the future continues, the number of employees dismissed may continue to increase". At the same time, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare also called on "hope that enterprises Maintain (current) employment status".