Difficulty Securing Personnel Amid a Declining Working-Age Population
First written in FY2025-H1. 2 of 5 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-08-14.
As Partners moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2026, 1 year after the typical company in this theme (2025).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 5 of 15 companies on the "Worse" side.
5 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- 2026-08-14WorsenedEarnings
「In the care industry, demand for care services continues to expand, particularly in urban areas, as the population ages and the number of elderly people living alone and elderly people with dementia increases. At the same time, the decline in the working-age population is making it increasingly difficult to secure personnel, and this has become an industry-wide challenge.」
Adds that securing personnel is becoming increasingly difficult to the previous recognition of this industry-wide challenge. - FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「Aggregating the number of care workers needed as estimated by the prefectures, approximately 2.72 million will be required in fiscal 2040, an increase of 570,000 from fiscal 2022. Securing care workers is therefore expected to become increasingly difficult.」
The Company provides a specific future estimate for the difficulty of securing personnel, stating that approximately 2.72 million care workers will be needed in fiscal 2040, an increase of 570,000 from fiscal 2022. - 2026-05-15RestatedEarnings
「The decline in the working-age population is making it increasingly difficult to secure personnel, and this has become an industry-wide challenge.」
Continues to identify difficulty securing personnel as an industry-wide challenge. - FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, securing personnel is becoming increasingly difficult owing to the decline in the working-age population, posing a challenge for the industry as a whole.」
Continues to identify difficulty securing personnel as an industry-wide challenge. - FY2025-H1First statedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, securing personnel is becoming increasingly difficult owing to the decline in the working-age population, posing a challenge for the industry as a whole.」
The Company states that difficulty securing personnel due to the decline in the working-age population is already developing into an industry-wide challenge.