Jobless rate falls to 10-year low of 3.8%

Wednesday 30th April, 10:27 AM JST

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umbrella at 09:14 PM JST - 30th April

If you work just 1 hour a month, you are not considered unemployed for the purpose of these figures. These figures should be roughly doubled to compare to those of other senshinkoku.
some14some at 09:53 PM JST - 30th April

These figures should be roughly doubled to compare to those of other senshinkoku.

Ofcourse yes, that is the reason they just mention percentage...no basis for calculations, how do we know how many are employed or unemployed?
Patrick Smash at 10:16 PM JST - 30th April

More to do with declining birth rate than anything else obviously. More people retired last year than were employed. This figure should fall close to zero in the next decade or so.
noborito at 12:06 AM JST - 1st May

hire more people to protect us on the street construction crews. hire more Mc. D staff. Hire more Yoshinoya staff. And call them all jobs. incomes haven't changed in Japan for 20 years. Wish prices had the same 20 year record.