TABLE-Japan firms brace for further COVID hit in the middle of worries of new age of infections

 TOKYO, April 19 (Reuters) - Japanese business see the country on track to suffer a 4th round of coronavirus infections,
with lots of bracing a more blow to organization, a Reuters regular monthly poll showed.
Below are the concerns and responses in the poll, carried out for Reuters by Nikkei Research during April 2-13 Responses are
represented in portions. The survey and reply totals remain in absolute terms. About 240 business reacted to the study.

1. Japan has actually dragged other G7 nations in coronavirus vaccinations. Do you expect the 4th wave of infections to occur?

Yes No Surveyed Responded
All 96%4%482235
Manufacturers 98%2%246131
Non-manufacturers 93%7%236104
2. If you state yes to Q1, when do you anticipate the fourth wave of infections to peak? (Select one).
April May June July August or later Polled Replied.
All 22%65%10%2%2%482221
Production 21%67%9%2%2%246126
Non-manufacturers 23%62%11%2%2%23695
3. If the fourth wave of emergency leads to an issuance of a state of emergency situation, how would your sales be impacted? (Select one).
Undershooting Undershooti Unchanged Overshooting Polled Responded.
considerably ng somewhat rather substantially.
All 11%48%41%1%0%482237
Manufacturers 5%47%47%1%0%246131
Non-manufacturers 17%48%34%1%0%236106
4. Has the coronavirus pandemic forced your company to change employing plans for the fiscal 2022/23 compared to this?
( Choose one).
Freeze More 30%-50%10%-30%Less than Flat Less 10%-30%30%-50%More Surveyed Replied.
hiring than cuts 10%cuts than gain than than.
halved 10%50%double.
gain gain.
All 4%2%2%6%4%72%4%4%0%0%1%482232
Makers 2%3%2%6%7%71%4%2%1%0%2%246126
Non-manufacturers 7%1%1%6%1%73%5%7%0%0%1%236106
5. Have you carried out lay-offs or are you considering doing so due to coronavirus-induced slumping company outcomes?
Yes No Surveyed Replied.
All 7%93%482237
Producers 6%94%246130
Non-manufacturers 7%93%236107
6. Have you embraced or are you thinking about adopting a job-focused hiring system focused on evaluating employees based upon their.
abilities, while ditching a conventional mass hiring of brand-new university graduates? (Pick one).
Yes, embraced Considering Neither adopted nor Embraced once prior to Polled Replied.
thinking about but eliminated.
All 11%30%59%0%482234
Producers 7%32%61%0%246128
Non-manufacturers 15%27%58%0%236106
7. Does your business enable staff members to have a side organization or a sideline? (Select one).
Yes Thinking About No Polled Responded.
All 15%5%80%482238
Producers 13%6%81%246131
Non-manufacturers 17%4%79%236107
8. If you say yes to above concern, how many workers have a side organization or a second job? (Pick one).
Listed Below 10%10%-20%20%-30%30%-40%40%-50%50%or more Polled Replied.
All 97%0%3%0%0%0%48232
Makers 93%0%7%0%0%0%24614
Non-manufacturers 100%0%0%0%0%0%23618

( Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto. Editing by Gerry Doyle).

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