December Unemployment Rate
3.1%, unchanged from the previous month
January 31, 2017, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese businessmen and women walk at a crossroads in Tokyo on January 31, 2017. Japan's jobless rate fell to 3.1 percent in 2016 from 3.4 percent previous year, the lowest level in 22 years, the government announced. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) LWX -ytd