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Japan Employment Level 2025-02-28 08:30 Asia/Tokyo: data, chart, and analysis

The 2025-01-31 Employment Level release printed 6,779.00. The previous reading was 6,811.00, while the forecast field is --. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Bank of Japan policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

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Actual
6,779.00
Previous
6,811.00
Forecast
--
Public release ID
jpy_employment_2025-02-28

Japan Employment Level release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

Japan Employment Level chart through 2025-01-31
JPY Employment Level readings through 2025-01-31. Latest: 6,779.00.

Employment Level release read

The 2025-01-31 Employment Level release printed 6,779.00. The previous reading was 6,811.00, while the forecast field is --. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Bank of Japan policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

The parent Employment Level page shows the full time series for Japan. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For JPY event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID jpy_employment_2025-02-28
API announcement ID jpy_employment_2025-01-31
Release time
2025-02-27 23:30 UTC
Reference period date 2025-01-31
Actual value 6,779.00
Previous value 6,811.00
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1740699000

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Japan Employment Level history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

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Newer release

2025-03-30 08:30 Asia/Tokyo · 6,768.00

Older release

2025-01-30 08:30 Asia/Tokyo · 6,811.00

Related Japan indicators

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Full-Time Employment

Number of persons employed full-time.

Labor Force Participation Rate

Ratio of the labor force to the working-age population.

Part-Time Employment

Number of persons employed part-time.

Unemployment Rate

Percentage of the labor force that is unemployed.
Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1740699000,
  "announcement_datetime_local": "2025-02-28T08:30:00+09:00",
  "announcement_id": "jpy_employment_2025-01-31",
  "date": "2025-01-31",
  "observation_id": "jpy_employment_canonical_level_sa_standard_period_2025-01-31",
  "pct_change_mom": -0.47,
  "pct_change_yoy": 0.97,
  "previous_value": 6811.0,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1740699000,
      "val": 6779.0
    }
  ],
  "val": 6779.0
}