{"id":"japan-employment-august-2026","canonicalSlug":"japan-employment-august-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/japan-employment-august-2026","language":"en","title":"Japan unemployment rate rises to 2.5% in August","summary":"The number of employed people increased by 140,000 year over year to 68.49 million.","body":["Japan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.5% in August, up 0.1 percentage point from July, the Statistics Bureau reported on 2 October. The number of unemployed people was 1.80 million, down 20,000 from a year earlier.","The number of employed people reached 68.49 million, an increase of 140,000 from August 2025 and the first year-over-year rise in two months. The release refers to the August Labour Force Survey and reports the unemployment rate on a seasonally adjusted basis."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Japan unemployment rate rises to 2.5% in August\n\nThe number of employed people increased by 140,000 year over year to 68.49 million.\n\nJapan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.5% in August, up 0.1 percentage point from July, the Statistics Bureau reported on 2 October. The number of unemployed people was 1.80 million, down 20,000 from a year earlier.\n\nThe number of employed people reached 68.49 million, an increase of 140,000 from August 2025 and the first year-over-year rise in two months. The release refers to the August Labour Force Survey and reports the unemployment rate on a seasonally adjusted basis.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-08","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-02","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"Statistics Bureau of Japan","url":"https://www.stat.go.jp/data/roudou/sokuhou/tsuki/index.html","publishedAt":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-05"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/japan-employment-august-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/japan-employment-august-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/japan-employment-august-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/japan-employment-august-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/japan-employment-august-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/japan-employment-august-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/japan-employment-august-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}