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April 09, 2018JAPAN LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, FEBRUARY 2018 
Japan's unemployment rate dropped edged up in February to 2.5 per cent, but remains at levels not experienced since the mid 1990s.
In the last two months, there has been a notable rise in both labour force and employment. Although these variables had been trending up since 2012, the last two months' results constitute a pace of growth not observed for decades.
Japan's labour force grew by 0.9 per cent in February - a pace that has not been matched since October 1973.
Japan's employment grew by 0.8 per cent in February, the fastest monthly growth observed since 1986. In the last two months, employment has risen faster than during any such period since 1973.
Canada and Nova Scotia typically report higher rates of unemployment than Japan, but all exhibit a strong long run relationship between the size of the labour force and employment.
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Statistics Canada CANSIM table 282-0087
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