Numerous job postings at Hello Work in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.

The annual economic and fiscal report for fiscal year 2017 (the White Paper on Economic and Fiscal Policy) points out that the challenge for the Japanese economy is to cope with the current labor shortage, which has become as serious as during the bubble period. In the 2017 Annual Economic and Fiscal Report (White Paper on Economic and Fiscal Policy), the Japanese economy was pointed out to be facing the challenge of coping with the current labor shortage, which has become as serious as that of the bubble economy. In Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. photo taken on July 20, 2017. 2 The White Paper on Economic and Financial Affairs, July 22, 2005, urges Japan to address the labor shortage. In the morning edition of July 22, 2017, "White Paper on Economy and Finance urges measures to address labor shortage," which was published in the Japanese edition.