# Japan Unemployment Rate – Aug 29, 2021: 2.8

> Canonical page: https://fxmacrodata.com/japan/unemployment/announcements/jpy_unemployment_2021-08-29
> Publisher: FXMacroData (https://fxmacrodata.com) — official-source macroeconomic release records
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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Status | Released |
| Actual | 2.8 |
| Previous | 3 |
| Forecast | -- |
| Surprise | -- |
| Reference period | 2021-07-31 |
| Release time (local) | 2021-08-30 08:30 Asia/Tokyo |
| Release time (UTC) | 2021-08-29 23:30 UTC |
| Release ID | jpy_unemployment_2021-08-29 |

Japan Unemployment Rate came in at 2.8 on Aug 29, 2021, compared with 3 previously. See the full release history, chart, Bank of Japan context, and API access for this series.

## Recent release history

| Release date | Actual | Previous | Forecast |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-27 | 2.4 | 2.5 | -- |
| 2026-07-30 | 2.5 | 2.6 | -- |
| 2026-06-29 | 2.6 | 2.7 | -- |
| 2026-05-28 | 2.7 | 2.8 | -- |
| 2026-04-29 | 2.8 | 2.6 | -- |
| 2026-03-29 | 2.6 | 2.6 | -- |
| 2026-03-01 | 2.6 | 2.4 | -- |
| 2026-01-29 | 2.4 | 2.4 | -- |
| 2025-12-29 | 2.4 | 2.6 | -- |
| 2025-11-30 | 2.6 | 2.6 | -- |
| 2025-10-29 | 2.6 | 2.6 | -- |
| 2025-09-29 | 2.6 | 2.4 | -- |

## API access

```
GET https://fxmacrodata.com/api/v1/announcements/jpy/unemployment?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
```

The endpoint returns the full announcement history for this series, including point-in-time release timestamps.

## Related

- Previous release: https://fxmacrodata.com/japan/unemployment/announcements/jpy_unemployment_2021-07-29
- Next release: https://fxmacrodata.com/japan/unemployment/announcements/jpy_unemployment_2021-09-29
- Full series and chart: https://fxmacrodata.com/japan/unemployment
- Machine-readable surfaces index: https://fxmacrodata.com/llms.txt