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April 01, 2025JAPAN LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, FEBRUARY 2025 
Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 2.4% in February 2025. Compared with the previous month, Japan's labour force and employment both declined by 0.2%.
Japan's unemployment rate has been stable since 2022, with slow growth in both labour force and employment in the end of 2024; a slight decline followed in 2024. In contrast, Canada and Nova Scotia have experienced faster growth in both labour force and employment, but also with a rising trend in unemployment rates since 2022. Nova Scotia's unemployment rate has been more volatile with unemployment going up in recent months.
Sources: Statistics Bureau of Japan. Table: 1-a-1 (Seasonally adjusted) Major items (Labour force, Employed person, Employee, Unemployed person, Not in labour force, Unemployment rate (since Jan.1953); Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0287-01 Labour force characteristics, monthly, seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle
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