The recent fall in Japan’s unemployment rate looks less encouraging when we consider that the level of employment has been little changed for three years. Much of the decline in unemployment is due to people removing themselves from the labour market as they have given up looking for work. Including the “hidden unemployed”, who are willing to work but not actively seeking a job, causes the unemployment rate to more than double to 10.3%.
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