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May 01, 2017JAPAN LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, MARCH 2017
Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged remained stable at 2.8 per cent in March as both labour force and employment edged up slightly. This continues the slow decline in Japanese unemployment rates, now at their lowest unemployment rate since the mid-1990s.
Japan typically reports much lower unemployment rates than those observed in Canada or in Nova Scotia. In recent years, employment growth has outpaced labour force growth in Japan's aging population. In Canada, employment growth since the recession has tracked up with the rising labour force. Like in Japan, Nova Scotia's employment levels have generally followed downward trends in the labour force, with lower unemployment rates resulting.
Statistics Bureau of Japan
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