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Labour Force Survey

Information
  • Release Schedule updated
    Release schedule for fiscal 2023 has been published.
    (on January 31, 2023)
  • "2022 revision of benchmark population"
    Using the latest results of the Population Census as the base, the benchmark population for calculating the results of the Labour Force Survey is revised every five years.
  • The revision to 2020 Census-based population estimates was held in January 2022 for Basic Tabulation, and in Jan.-Mar. 2022 for Detailed Tabulation.
    (on March 4 and revised on May 13, 2022)
  • Revision of seasonal adjustment in 2022
    RegARIMA models have been updated and seasonally adjusted data rivised retroactively on the release of January 2022 results.
    (on March 4, 2022)
  • [Errata]Labour Force Survey(Detailed Tabulation) Quarterly Average Results from Jan.-Mar. 2018 to Jul.-Sep. 2019 and 2018 Yearly Average Results Table III-1, III-2
    [Errata] Annual Report on the Labour Force Survey, JAPAN, 2018. Table II-B-12 Unemployed person (ILO 2013) by method used to seek a job, reason for seeking a job, reason unable to take up a job, age, type of household, relationship to the head of household, kind of job sought and duration of unemployment

    (on December 18, 2019)
  • Labour Force Survey (Detailed Tabulation) Historical data Errata
    (on February 15, 2019)
  • "Revision of the Labour Force Survey from January 2018"(PDF:114KB)
    To grasp the varied state of the employment and unemployment more precisely, the Statistics Bureau of Japan revised the Labour Force Survey by introducing new questionnaires and enhancing current statistical tables from January 2018.
    (on March 2, 2018)
Previously released information
 

1. The Survey Results

Results (Basic Tabulation)

  • Latest Monthly Results
    • Main results
    • Statistical tables & database (Whole Japan)e-Stat
    • Statistical tables (Not including Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima)e-Stat
  • Latest Quarterly Results
    • Main results
    • Statistical tables & database (Whole Japan)e-Stat
    • Statistical tables (Not including Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima)e-Stat
    • Regional resultse-Stat
  • 2022 Yearly Average Results
    • Main results
    • Statistical tables & database (Whole Japan)e-Stat
    • Statistical tables (Not including Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima)e-Stat
    • Regional resultse-Stat

Results (Detailed Tabulation)

  • Latest Quarterly Results(Detailed Tabulation)
    • Main results
    • Statistical tables & database (Whole Japan)e-Stat
    • Statistical tables (Not including Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima)e-Stat
    • Results of old industrial classification (11th revision of JSIC)e-Stat
  • 2021 Yearly Results (Detailed Tabulation)
    • Main results
    • Statistical tables & database (Whole Japan)e-Stat

Annual Report on the Labour Force Survey

 

Historical data

 

2. Release Schedule of the Survey Results

Basic Tabulation / Detailed Tabulation

 

3. About the Labour Force Survey

      The Labour Force Survey is a survey of households usually residing in Japan.
      Its purpose is to elucidate the current state of employment and unemployment in Japan every month.

      There are two categories of results in this survey.

  • Basic Tabulation (Released monthly)
    • Items obtained from the Basic questionnaire:
      Labour force, Employed person / Employee (by industry, occupation, type of employment (Regular/ Non-regular employee etc.), etc.), Weekly hours of work, Unemployed person (by reason for seeking a job etc.), Unemployment rate, Not in labour force etc.
  • Detailed Tabulation (Released quarterly)
    • Items mainly obtained from the Special questionnaire:
      The reason for taking a non-regular employment, Person who changed job, Duration of unemployment, Person wishing to work (Not in labour force) etc.

Outline

  • Outline of the Labour Force Survey(PDF:106KB)
  • Concepts and Definitions(PDF:174KB)
  • Sampling Method, Estimation Method, and Sampling Errors of Estimates(PDF:302KB)

Questionnaire and Instruction

  • The Basic Questionnaire Form (PDF:232KB)

    Instructions for Filling in the Questionnaire (Basic Tabulation) (PDF:268KB)

  • The Special Questionnaire Form (PDF:229KB)

    Instructions for Filling in the Questionnaire (Detailed Tabulation) (PDF:201KB)

Formerly used Questionnaire and Instruction

  • The Basic Questionnaire Form (From January 2013 to December 2017) (PDF:157KB)

    Instructions for Filling in the Questionnaire (Basic Tabulation) (From January 2013 to December 2017) (PDF:201KB)

  • The Special Questionnaire Form (From January 2013 to December 2017) (PDF:145KB)

    Instructions for Filling in the Questionnaire (Detailed Tabulation) (From January 2013 to December 2017) (PDF:137KB)

Statistical tables & database

  • Statistical tables & databasee-Stat

4. Other Information

  • Notes on the results
  • Errata on Labour Force Survey
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Special Survey of the Labour Force Survey
  • Ad hoc Survey of Employment and Unemployment Conditions

      e-Stat is "Portal Site of Official Statistics of Japan" (external site) where you can browse statistics tables and database.

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