Monthly Results   -December 2011-

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Released on January 31, 2012

[Note]
The results for whole Japan including three prefectures (Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima) are available from September 2011 results. However, there are some enumeration districts in coastal area where the survey is not conducted due to the damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Figures from March through August 2011 for whole Japan are missing. Data excluding the three prefectures are filled in for the period.

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Summary of the December 2011 Survey Results

(1) Employment 

  The number of employed persons in December 2011 was 62.22 million, a decrease of 100 thousand or 0.2% from the previous year.

(2) Unemployment 

  The number of unemployed persons in December 2011 was 2.75 million, a decrease of 240 thousand or 8.0% from the previous year.

  The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, was 4.6%.

(10 thousand persons)
	December figures	Change from the previous year
			(%)
Population of 15 years old or more	11037	-13	-0.1
Labour force	6497	-34	-0.5
Employed persons	6222	-10	-0.2
Employee	5488	13	0.2
Unemployed persons	275	-24	-8.0
Not in labour force	4539	24	0.5
Labour force participation rate (%)	58.9	-0.2	-
Employment rate (%)	56.4	0.0	-
Unemployment rate, original series (%)	4.2	-0.4	-
	Current month	Change from the previous month
Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted (%)	4.6	0.1	-

  Summary Tables

The latest month

Table 1 Population of 15 years old or more by labour force status, employed person by industry, and unemployed person (the latest month)(Excel:39KB)

Time series

Table 2 Population of 15 years old or more by labour force status(Excel:78KB) (Labour force, Employed person, Unemployed person, Not in labour force, Labour force participation rate, Employment rate, Unemployment rate)

Table 3 Employed person by agriculture and forestry or non-agricultural industries and status in employment and weekly hours of work for employed person at work in non-agricultural industries(Excel:71KB)

Table 4 Employed person by major industry(Excel:66KB)

Table 5 Employee by major industry(Excel:66KB)

Table 6 Employee in non-agricultural industries by status in employment and number of persons engaged in enterprise(Excel:72KB)

Table 7 Employed person by class of weekly hours of work(Excel:69KB)

Table 8 Person wishing to change the present job and wishing to have additional job(Excel:62KB)

Table 9 Unemployed person by reason for seeking a job(Excel:77KB)

Table 10 Unemployed person by relationship to the head of household(Excel:66KB)

Table 11 Unemployment rate by relationship to the head of household(Excel:67KB)

Table 12 Labour force by age(Excel:68KB)

Table 13 Employed person by age(Excel:68KB)

Table 14 Unemployed person by age(Excel:68KB)

Table 15 Labour force participation rate by age(Excel:70KB)

Table 16 Employment rate by age(Excel:71KB)

Table 17 Unemployment rate by age(Excel:71KB)

Seasonally adjusted time series

Table 18 Seasonally adjusted series of major items(Excel:54KB) (Labour force, Employed person, Employee, Unemployed person, Not in labour force, Unemployment rate)

Notes 

Notes on the results