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Japan's jobless rate edges up to 4.6%

Business Jan. 31, 2012 - 12:30PM JST ( 16 )

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Robert DykesJan. 31, 2012 - 01:12PM JST

Whoa!!! Something better be done and FAST! At this rate it will match the US's unemployment rate (currently at 8.5%) by 2256.
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the_sheriffJan. 31, 2012 - 01:20PM JST

That's 4.6% AFTER counting all those unnecessarily employed people at construction sites!!
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Sarcasm321Jan. 31, 2012 - 01:28PM JST

If you took out all the make work jobs and ojisan-with-ligh-saber-standing-next-to-a-manhole-lest-you-fall-in jobs, Japan's TRUE unemployment rate would be 20%
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cactusJackJan. 31, 2012 - 01:44PM JST

Use The (work) Force.
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sunhawkJan. 31, 2012 - 02:15PM JST

japan has a lot of UNDEREMPLOYED people. i talked to a "booth babe" at tokyo game show back in 2009. she spoke good american english and university degree. she still had to work as booth babe because she could only get temp work as an office lady.

then there is of course the fact any work being done near or on a street needs 1-5 guys in a jump suit with a illuminated baton to guide traffic.
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ElvensilvanJan. 31, 2012 - 02:26PM JST

Does the jobless number include the ones who lost their jobs and businesses due to the 3/11 triple disaster?
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deepstar6Jan. 31, 2012 - 02:34PM JST

Japan's jobless rate edges up to 4.6%

And yet workers from Indonesia and Phillipines have to take difficult exams in Japanese in order to take care of the aging community here.
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deepstar6Jan. 31, 2012 - 02:45PM JST

Where is the rate of 4.6% derived from? They must be jobless claims. What about unaccounted jobless numbers? I am sure there are many who do not want to take the pain of claiming that they are jobless with "Hallo waku" or "Hello Work" or whatever it is.
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Elbuda MexicanoJan. 31, 2012 - 02:48PM JST

Sure! Only 4.6?? These must be the official ones, but anybody here in Japan knows that we have old folk, say 70 etc..still working at say Mac Donalds etc...just trying to make a living, so much for the socialist welfare system of Japan.
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MaboDofuIsSpicyJan. 31, 2012 - 02:50PM JST

They must of let some of the managers go at McDonald's.

Why do they have so many?
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Badge213Jan. 31, 2012 - 02:54PM JST

They must of let some of the managers go at McDonald's. Why do they have so many?

Because it's Japan!

They need one person to verify the hamburger patties, and another one to verify the buns.
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deepstar6Jan. 31, 2012 - 03:01PM JST

Losing "Arubaito" or part time jobs like those in junk food chains and construction sites, do they really constitute to the jobless claims in the current system? Do they pay employee welfare premiums every month?

NO isnt it?
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GWJan. 31, 2012 - 03:47PM JST

The actual rate is about double whatever they announce, the govt LIES, oh big surprise I know but yeah the unemployed percentage doesnt include people who have given up looking for work or I think those who benefits expire, bottom line like with so many figures the govt feeds the general populace they are usually off by at least an order of magnitude.

My guess is the real # is between 9-10% & YES if you were to include all those who get paid by doing "work" that NEVER shud be done in the first place we cud add another 5-10% perhaps.
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patty cake championJan. 31, 2012 - 05:34PM JST

Non-economists get unemployment and jobless rates mixed up and that's a bother because the jobless rate is smaller than the other.
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Patrick SmashJan. 31, 2012 - 07:56PM JST

Imagine the rate if they didn't all have to prepare the document. Doesn't bear thinking about.
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Johannes WeberJan. 31, 2012 - 11:58PM JST

Large parts of the Japanese work force are not exactly qualified for new jobs. All these OLs and the typical salarymen - even though they have (Japanese) university degrees it doesn't mean that they are specialists for anything. I experience this with some Japanese friends who graduated from college recently. In my country, I wouldn't have any idea for which kind of job anyone would ever want to hire the majority of them. The education system is still focused on the old Japanese lifelong employment system, where university was not meant to teach people skills, but actually just yielded the entry ticket to the world of the big companies.