MORE JAPANESE ARE LOOKING FOR FARMING JOBS新型コロナで就農希望者が急増

A Tokyo-based employment information firm says the coronavirus pandemic has led to more people in Japan looking for farming jobs.
Mynavi Corporation launched a job-hunting app in 2019 for those seeking work on the land.
The aim was to connect them with farmers and agricultural companies facing a labor shortage as rural populations decline.
The company says nearly 13,000 had signed up through the app as of the end of January. That's a roughly tenfold increase year-on-year.
Mynavi says people in their 20s and 30s accounted for half of those job hunters.
The firm cites the effects of the pandemic as reasons for the search. These include falling wages as well as greater scope in where to work as more companies encourage telecommuting.
And officials say it seems to be easier now for people who have other jobs that want to enter farming.

◆tenfold  １０倍 equal to or having 10 times as many or as much

◆year-on-year 　前年同期比で  

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