O c t o b e r 2 The Future of Jobs

Japan
Working Age Population
98,710,000
1 / 2
50.8%
Attainment of basic education
—
56.3%
Attainment of advanced education
—
58.6%
52.9%
1.9%
Unempl. rate among workers with basic educ.
—
3.1%
63.7%
8.3%
45.6%
2.2%
2.3%
2.7%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
97%
97%
95%
92%
83%
81%
78%
68%
60%
59%
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Current skills in focus of existing reskilling/upskilling
programmes
Share of companies surveyed identifying this skill as being in focus
across their reskilling or upskilling programmes
1.
Analytical thinking and innovation
2.
Leadership and social influence
3.
Active learning and learning strategies
4.
Critical thinking and analysis
5.
Creativity, originality and initiative
6.
Complex problem-solving
7.
Technology design and programming
8.
Systems analysis and evaluation
9.
Technology use, monitoring and control
10.
Reasoning, problem-solving and ideation
Responses to shifting skill needs
Share of companies surveyed
Expect existing employees to pick up skills on
the job
Retrain existing employees
Look to automate the work
Hire new permanent staff with skills relevant to
new technologies
Outsource some business functions to external
contractors
Hire new temporary staff with skills relevant to
new technologies
Hire freelancers with skills relevant to new
technologies
Average reskilling needs
Share of workforce of companies surveyed within this data
Projected use of training providers
Share of companies surveyed
40.4%
Internal learning and development
20.3%
External online training
18.5%
Private training providers
7.1%
Private educational institutions
7.1%
Public training providers
6.6%
Public educational institutions