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May 31, 2019JAPAN LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, APRIL 2019 
Japan's unemployment rate fell to 2.4 per cent in April, as labour force declined by -0.6 per cent, outpacing employment decline of -0.4 per cent. In the last year (compared to April 2018), Japanese labour force grew by 0.4 per cent and employment by 0.5 per cent. Japan's unemployment rate remained in a range of 2.3 to 2.5 since the beginning of 2018.
Canada's unemployment rate has also been trending down since 2016 as employment gains outpaced labour force growth. A similar trend of declining unemployment rates emerged in Nova Scotia (albeit with more volatility) in 2018 and accelerated in early 2019.
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0287-01 Labour force characteristics, monthly, seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle
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