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Hello everyone!

Spring has come and it's time to look for a job.

We would like to introduce you to some places of employment that may be of interest to you.


Which workplaces actually have many foreigners?
The above is a ranking of the most popular occupations among foreigners, but here we tell you about the industries that actually have a high percentage of foreigners.

No. 1: Wholesale and retail industry
In the wholesale business/retail industry, the ratio of foreigners is 17.0%.

In Japan as a whole, the proportion of foreigners in the population is approximately 2.2%, so the figure is quite high.

In terms of specific occupations, many sales staff deal with foreign tourists at duty-free shops at airports, electronics shops in downtown areas and brand shops targeting wealthy foreigners.

Customer service sales and warehouse work are regarded as ‘simple labour’ and basically foreigners are not allowed to engage in such work, but since there are many situations where foreign languages are used in these jobs, visas such as ‘technical, humanities and international work’ are applicable.

Convenience stores and supermarkets are also popular part-time jobs for foreign students.

The reason for this is that there are many opportunities to learn Japanese through customer service, etc., but the hurdles to employment are low.

In addition, 24-hour shops make it easy to work while attending school, and a large number of foreigners work in the wholesale and retail industry.

No. 2: Accommodation and food service industry
Foreigners account for 14.5% of the accommodation and food service industry.

Foreigners are actively employed in the tourism industry, such as at hotel reception desks and restaurants, where they often come into contact with foreign tourists.

In addition, the food and beverage industry in particular is less popular with Japanese and suffers from a chronic shortage of staff, so you will often see foreign waiters in pubs and other establishments.

Other occupations such as hotel cleaning and room make-up are also very common among foreigners.

These occupations are covered by the newly established ‘specified technical visa’ from 2019, and the number of foreigners engaged in these occupations is increasing.

No. 3: Service industry (not elsewhere classified)
The occupations referred to by the service industry (not elsewhere classified) are quite wide-ranging and include the following occupations

Waste management industry
Automobile servicing 
Repair of machinery
Employment agencies and labour dispatch agencies
Political, economic and cultural organisations
Religious organisations
Foreign public service 

The first of these categories in which there are likely to be a high number of foreigners is, of course, the ‘foreign public service’.

This includes embassies, consulates-general and US military facilities in Japan, and these institutions have a fairly high proportion of foreigners.

Other areas where there are many foreign workers include technicians and engineers, so it is likely that many foreigners would fit into the ‘automobile maintenance industry’ and ‘machinery repair industry’.

Nursing care businesses likely to increase further in the future.

Foreign personnel are also expected to play an active role in nursing-care businesses, where demand is increasing due to the falling birthrate and ageing population.

In 2017, a new ‘nursing care visa’ was added to the foreigner's visa status, enabling foreign students who have graduated from a vocational school's nursing care welfare department to find work as (potential) care workers.

Care work has also been added as an occupational category for skilled trainees, allowing foreigners without a carer qualification to be accepted.

Furthermore, from 2019 onwards, it will also be possible to work as a care worker on a specified technical visa.

In this way, the frontage of accepting foreign workers as carers is expanding and the number of foreigners involved in care-giving businesses will continue to increase in the future.

Points of importance for foreigners when looking for work
The following are the key factors that foreigners consider important when looking for work, in order of the most common survey responses.

Salary (35%)
Working hours (23%)
Company size (15%)

There seems to be little difference between Japanese and foreigners when it comes to the criteria for choosing a job.

Conclusion.
The number of foreigners working in Japan is increasing steadily.

However, from a foreigner's perspective, some say that Japan is not a very attractive country to work in.

As the use of foreign workers draws more attention due to the labour shortage in Japan, it will be a challenge to find jobs that meet the needs of foreigners and to improve their treatment.


How was your experience?

We hope this will be of help to those who are wondering where to find a job.

Be enthusiastic and find a job that suits you!


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