27-05-2025
News in Easy English: Many new workers in Japan want to stay in one company until retirement
TOKYO -- A new survey says many young people who started new jobs this spring in Japan want to stay working in the same company until retirement.
The company NCB Research & Consulting Co. asked 878 new workers in the Kyushu and Chugoku regions about jobs from March to April.
About 62% of young people said they got the job they wanted most. Around 35% more said they are mostly happy with the jobs they got. Together, this means almost 97% are happy about their new jobs. Today in Japan it is easier to find a job, so many workers can choose a company they like.
The survey asked new workers to say why they chose their jobs. Many workers chose their jobs because they liked the "atmosphere" or "image" of the company.
About 37% of young workers said they want to stay in their company until retirement. This number is 8.6 percentage points higher than last year.
But some said they might change jobs later. Around 23% answered they might leave if the company was not right for them. 11.6% said they plan to change jobs someday anyway. A smaller number (7.6%) answered they want to start their own business someday. Together, these answers show about 42% think about changing jobs, but this is 11.5 points lower than last year.
The survey company said, "This shows young people today in Japan feel happy with their jobs and want stable lives."
(Japanese original by Yuko Shimada, Business News Department)
Vocabulary
- survey: questions asked to many people to learn their ideas or feelings.
- company: a business where people work.
- retirement: the time when a person stops working, usually around age 60 or 65.
- satisfied: happy or feeling good about something.
- atmosphere: the general feeling or mood of a place or group.
- stable: not changing much, being safe and staying the same for a long time.
- job market: situation that shows how easy or hard it is for people to find jobs.
