NewsJapan's unemployment rate rose to 2.5% in August
Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.5% in August 2026. Employment rose by 140,000 year over year while the number of unemployed people fell by 20,000.
Event / data period: 2026-08
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IllustrationJapan's Statistics Bureau reported 68.49 million employed people in August, 140,000 more than a year earlier. The number of unemployed people was 1.80 million, down 20,000 on the annual comparison.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage point from July to 2.5%. The figures are from the national Labour Force Survey's basic tabulation; the unemployment rate is seasonally adjusted.
Data
Labour indicators
Japan's August 2026 basic Labour Force Survey results.
- Employed people
- 68.49 million people
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Unemployed people
- 1.8 million people
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate
- 2.5 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
Methodology
Employment and unemployment counts and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate are transcribed from the Statistics Bureau's basic-tabulation release; annual changes compare with the same reference month a year earlier.
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