Mitsubishi Corporation

Basic Data

Employee Data (as of March 31 of each fiscal year)

  FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Number of employees
(consolidated)
79,994 86,098 82,997 80,728 79,706
Number of employees
(non-consolidated)
6,016 5,882 5,725 5,571 5,448
Male 4,437
( 73.75% )
4,356
( 74.06% )
4,241
( 74.08% )
4,141
( 74.33% )
4,051
( 74.36% )
Female 1,579
( 26.25% )
1,526
( 25.94% )
1,484
( 25.92% )
1,430
( 25.67% )
1,397
( 25.64% )
Average age of employees
(non-consolidated)
42.5 42.6 42.7 42.8 42.9
Male 42.7 42.8 42.9 43.1 43.1
Female 42.3 42.2 42.1 42.0 42.2
Average years of service
(non-consolidated)
18.4 18.4 18.4 18.5 18.5
Male 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.7 18.6
Female 18.5 18.4 18.2 18.0 18.3
Number of employees on overseas assignments (including global trainees)
(non-consolidated)
1,261 1,174 1,075 1,051 1,054
Male 1,199
( 95.08% )
1,101
( 93.78% )
1,019
( 94.79% )
988
( 94.01% )
978
( 92.79% )
Female 62
( 4.92% )
65
( 5.54% )
56
( 5.21% )
63
( 5.99% )
76
( 7.21% )

The “Global Trainee Program” is an overseas assignment system aimed at young employees, in order to handle the global development of MC's business portfolio and strengthen MC's global competitiveness in terms of human resources.
The program includes assignments to overseas business schools, assignments to learn culture and language training in various countries such as China and India, and based on a policy which advocates that all young employees should gain overseas experience at least once, other systems such as a trainee system, which allows employees to receive training in an overseas country after they have been in the company for at least two years.

Breakdown of Employee Data (as of March 31, 2023)

(Unit:persons)

  FY2022
Number of employees by organization
(non-consolidated)
5,448
Corporate Staff Section808
Industry Digital Transformation Group114
Natural Gas Group349
Industrial Materials Group386
Petroleum & Chemicals Solution Group459
Mineral Resources Group341
Industrial Infrastructure Group346
Automotive & Mobility Group463
Food Industry Group549
Consumer Industry Group541
Power Solution Group301
Urban Development Group324
MC Offices and Subsidiaries467
Number of employees by region
(non-consolidated)
5,448
Japan4,432
North America209
Latin America & the Caribbean60
Europe139
Africa15
Middle East37
Asia & Oceania449
East Asia107

Number of Professional Staff, Managers, Executives (non-consolidated) (as of April 1 of each fiscal year)

(Unit:persons)

  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Professional staff 5,604 5,476 5,335 5,195 5,121
Male 4,441
( 79.25% )
4,362
( 79.66% )
4,256
( 79.78% )
4,156
( 80.00% )
4,100
( 80.06% )
Female 1,163
( 20.75% )
1,114
( 20.34% )
1,079
( 20.22% )
1,039
( 20.00% )
1,021
( 19.94% )
Managers 3,906 3,860 3,805 3,754 3,727
Male 3,476
( 88.99% )
3,433
( 88.94% )
3,367
( 88.49% )
3,317
( 88.36% )
3,280
( 88.01% )
Female 430
( 11.01% )
427
( 11.06% )
438
( 11.51% )
437
( 11.64% )
447
( 11.99% )
Executive officers 43 50 49 45 46
Male 43
( 100.00% )
50
( 100.00% )
49
( 100.00% )
45
( 100.00% )
46
( 100.00% )
Female 0
( 0.00% )
0
( 0.00% )
0
( 0.00% )
0
( 0.00% )
0
( 0.00% )
Directors/audit & supervisory board members 18 16 16 16 14
Male 16
( 88.89% )
13
( 81.25% )
13
( 81.25% )
12
( 75.00% )
10
( 71.43% )
Female 2
( 11.11% )
3
( 18.75% )
3
( 18.75% )
4
( 25.00% )
4
( 28.57% )

As of June 30.

Number of Hires (non-consolidated)

(Unit:persons)

  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Number of new graduate entrants 130 127 123 120 127
Male 92
( 70.77% )
89
( 70.08% )
88
( 71.54% )
89
( 74.17% )
96
( 75.59% )
Female 38
( 29.23% )
38
( 29.92% )
35
( 28.46% )
31
( 25.83% )
31
( 24.41% )
(Secretarial Staff) 7 - - - -
Number of mid-career entrants 13 21 16 43
Male 12
( 92.31% )
17
( 80.95% )
13
( 81.25% )
39
( 90.70% )
Female 1
( 7.69% )
4
( 19.05% )
3
( 18.75% )
4
( 9.30% )
Ratio of Mid-career recruitment

as of April 1, 2022

9% 14% 12% 26%

General office workers (formerly called "business support staff") were not hired from fiscal year 2020 to 2023, which is why those years are marked as "-".

Employment Rate of Persons with Impairments (as of June 1 of each fiscal year)

  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Employment rate of persons with impairments 2.69% 2.90% 2.53% 2.45% 2.41%

Based on the total number of Mitsubishi Corporation (non-consolidated), its special-purpose subsidiary, Mitsubishi Shoji & Sun Co., Ltd., and its three Group certified companies.

Number of Employees Using MC's Systems (non-consolidated) (as of March 31 of each fiscal year)

(Unit:persons)

  FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Number of employees who took Paid Volunteer Leave 181 138 10 13 42
Male 88 69 2 5 11
Female 93 69 8 8 31
Number of employees who took Paid Childbirth Leave 96 98 88 110 108
Number of employees who took Maternity/Paternity Leave*1 58 72 84 116 146
Male 13 20 36 49 78
Female 45 52 48 67 68
Percentage of men using paternity leave*1 7% 9% 18% 25% 44%
Percentage of men using childcare-related systems*2 70% 71% 66% 84% 89%
Number of employees who took Paid Child Care Leave 251 274 246 209 236
Male 120 123 82 72 86
Female 131 151 164 137 150
Number of employees who took Paid School Events Leave 281 299 189 232 244
Male 138 139 84 107 108
Female 143 160 105 125 136
Number of employees who shortened work hours for child care 82 91 67 60 81
Male 2 1 0 0 1
Female 80 90 67 60 80
Number of employees who took Family Care Leave*1 4 1 1 0 1
Male 0 0 1 0 1
Female 4 1 0 0 0
Number of employees who took Paid Family Care Leave 247 271 269 189 185
Male 68 78 75 55 56
Female 179 193 194 134 129
Number of employees who applied for the “re-employment system for employees who left to accompany spouses' domestic or international transfers”*2 6 14 10 13 12

*1. The number of employees who began taking the type of leave during each fiscal year.

*2. Percentage of men working at the Head Office or MC domestic offices as of the end of the fiscal year whose spouse gave birth in the relevant fiscal year and who used childcare-related systems including childcare leave and spousal childbirth leave.

*3. The “re-employment system for employees who left to accompany spouses' domestic or international transfers” refers to a system in which re-employment is offered, under certain conditions, to employees who resign their positions in order to accompany their spouse to location of dometic or international transfer.

Occupational Health and Safety Data (consolidated) (as of March 31 of each fiscal year)

This data includes Subsidiaries and Unincorporated Joint operations, which contains production business sites

  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Lost time injury frequency rate (employees) 5.61 4.16 3.26 3.87
Lost time injury frequency rate (contractors) 2.16 1.95 1.14 0.52
Lost time injury frequency rate (whole company) 5.06 3.79 2.73 2.75

This data includes Subsidiaries and Unincorporated Joint operations, any other group companies like Affiliates, which contains production business sites

  FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Lost time injury frequency rate (employees) 3.19 3.36 2.43 2.77
Lost time injury frequency rate (contractors) 1.22 0.75 0.87 0.48
Lost time injury frequency rate (whole company) 2.71 2.74 2.03 1.98

Lost time injury frequency rate is the number of lost time injuries per 1,000,000 actual working hours and refers to the frequency of workplace accidents. Lost time injuries refers to occupational accidents that involve one or more days of lost work. Lost time injury frequency rate is employed in MC's KPIs.

Occupational Health and Safety Data (Non-Consolidated Basis) (as of March 31 of each fiscal year)

  FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Lost time injury frequency rate*1
(employees)
(frequency of accidents)
0.47 0.49 0.16 0.17 0
Lost time injury frequency rate*1
(contractors)
(frequency of accidents)
- - - 0 0
Lost time injury frequency rate*1
(whole company)
(frequency of accidents)
0.47 0.49 0.16 0.15 0
Lost time injury severity rate*2
(employees)
(severity level of accidents)
0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lost time injury severity rate*2
(contractors)
(severity level of accidents)
- - - 0 0
Lost time injury severity rate*2
(whole company)
(severity level of accidents)
0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
Occupational illness frequency rate*3
(employees)
0 0 0 0 0
Occupational illness frequency rate*3
(contractors)
- - - 0 0
Occupational illness frequency rate*3
(whole company)
0 0 0 0 0

*1 Lost time injury frequency rate is the number of lost time injuries per 1,000,000 actual working hours and refers to the frequency of workplace accidents. Lost time injuries refers to occupational accidents that involve one or more days of lost work. Lost time injury frequency rate is employed in MC's KPIs.

*2 “Lost time injury severity rate” refers to the severity level of accidents and represents the total number of lost time injury days/ 1,000 total actual working hours.

*3 “Occupational illness frequency rate” refers to the frequency of industrial accidents classified as work-related illnesses as stipulated by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (including fatalities caused by illness) per 1,000,000 actual working hours.

Calculated based on the standards of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Employees working at head offices and domestic branches (excluding advisors and contract employees).

(Reference)Industry average lost time injury frequency rate: 1.98, industry average lost time injury severity rate: 0.05

(Quoted from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's "2022 Survey on Industrial Accidents(for Wholesalers and Retailers with a Businesses Scale of 100 Employees or More)")

Other Data Concerning Employees (non-consolidated)

  FY2022
Average Salary 19,393,985 yen
Annual average actual working hours*1 1993.8 hrs.
Monthly average overtime hours*1 29.9 hrs.
Percentage of annual paid leave days taken*2 67%
Voluntary turnover rate
(Compared to the number of employees as of March 31, 2023)
1.3%
Number of labor union members*3 3,015
(unionization rate is 54%)
Employee engagement rate*4 74%
Employee enablement rate*5 69%

*1. Employees at head office and Japanese branches (excluding managers, corporate advisers and contract employees).

*2. Employees at head office and Japanese branches (excluding secondees from other companies).

*3. As of March 31, 2023.

*4. Employee awareness surveys are taken to obtain a snapshot of employee motivation and organizational vitality. The findings are used to improve management and other aspects of operations. Employee satisfaction figures represent the ratio of staff members responding positively to questions about employee engagement (Do you work with enthusiasm and take pride in/admire your company?) in the survey.

*5. The ratio of staff members responding positively to questions about "employee enablement" in the survey.

Independent Practitioner's Assurance

Independent Practitioner's Assurance Report (PDF:108KB)

Independent Practitioner's Assurance Report conducted by Deloitte Tohmatsu Sustainability Co., Ltd.
Applicable to the data marked with for the year ended March, 2023 and the year ended March, 2024 on the “Human Resource Management / Basic Data” of this website.

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