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May 31, 2022JAPAN LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, APRIL 2022 
In April 2022, Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased again to 2.5%, down from 2.6% in March 2022. Compared with the previous month, Japan's labour force increased by 0.3% while employment grew by 0.4%.
The impacts of COVID-19 are still apparent in Japan's labour market, where unemployment rates remain slightly higher than in the 2 years prior to the pandemic. Both employment and labour force remain below pre-pandemic levels. However, the magnitude of Japan's labour market shock from the initial COVID-19 shock was more moderate than observed in other advanced economies.
In contrast, Canada and Nova Scotia now have employment and labour force that exceed pre-pandemic levels despite the much larger declines observed in each variable during the first wave of the pandemic.
Sources: Statistics Bureau of Japan. Table: a-1 (Seasonally adjusted) Major items (Labour force, Employed person, Employee, Unemployed person, Not in labour force, Unemployment rate (since Jan.1953); Population aged 15 years old and over by labour force status (annual average figures - Results of whole Japan); Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0287-01 Labour force characteristics, monthly, seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle
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