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March 04, 2025JAPAN LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, JANUARY 2025 
Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at 2.5% in January 2025. Compared with the previous month, Japan's labour force and employment both grew by 0.2%.
Japan's unemployment rate has been stable since 2022, with slow growth in both labour force and employment in recent months. 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.
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); Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0287-01 Labour force characteristics, monthly, seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle