The main reason why young people are reluctant to become craftsmen in the construction industry is the unstable salary structure where wages fluctuate depending on the amount of work．
The labor shortage in the construction industry is becoming more serious. No matter who I talk to in the industry, the only thing I hear is that there aren’t enough people. If we cannot secure engineers and skilled workers on site, construction cannot begin, of course. The data that clearly shows this is the floor area of construction starts. The amount of construction investment fluctuates with rising material prices and labor costs, but has been on an upward trend over the past four years. However, the floor area of construction starts for fiscal 2023 is expected to fall 8.8% from the previous fiscal year to 10,831 hectares, falling to the same level as in 1964, exactly 60 years ago, when Tokyo hosted the first Olympic Games. Even though the volume of construction work has decreased, the labor shortage has not been resolved. If the floor area of new construction starts continues to decline below 10,000 hectares in the future, the labor shortage may eventually be resolved. However, this would mean that we would be unable to update infrastructure such as aging buildings and bridges, and we would be unable to maintain the foundations of the Japanese economy. To achieve this, it is essential to secure a certain amount of human resources in order to maintain the necessary construction capabilities. The government and the construction industry have been working to improve the treatment of construction workers for about 10 years, but the number of construction workers continues to decline along with Japan’s declining labor force. “If things continue as they are, the labor shortage in the construction industry will likely never be resolved,” said an executive at a major home building manufacturer. Such pessimistic voices are beginning to be heard. The author has written nearly 10 articles sounding the alarm about the labor shortage problem in the construction industry, starting with an article published about 10 years ago on Toyo Keizai Online titled, “The decline of the construction industry brought about by general contractors’ own hands” (January 27, 2015). So, is there really a solution to this problem? Source below.
>>9 It’s not so much the amount of work, but the number of days you work. Well, if you work hard enough to become a skilled worker, you can earn over 20,000 yen a day, so even if you have a lot of days off in a month, you can still manage. If you work on holidays and do overtime, you can usually make about 700 a year.
The reason why young people are turning away from XX is simply because there aren’t many young people. It can’t be helped because of the declining birthrate.
There is a chronic shortage of slaves. Japanese people employed by Koreans have disappeared and foreigners who were deceived and brought over are working instead.
I often hear of children of farmers getting jobs at the JA, plumbers’ children getting jobs at city hall, construction workers’ children getting jobs at the prefectural government, and then they go out of business when their parents retire.
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