Regional analysis of the unemployment rate is the least studied area of unemployment research in Japan. One reason is that the average unemployment rate reported for each district reflects unemployment rates by industry, gender, and age in a very complex manner, and therefore it is not easy to...

Japan's unemployment rate began to rise on the heels of the first oil shock and has not yet shown a sign of improvement. Nevertheless, it is far lower than the European and American levels. According to recent arguments on macroeconomic performances of the labor market, the principal reason for...