Japan (2)
1.Series
Titles:
Annual Report on Employment Insurance Service; and Monthly Report on Employment Insurance Service.
Starting year:
Annual Series: 1975; Monthly Series: 1980.
2.Agency making the initial registrations of unemployed persons
Name of the agency:
Koukyo Shokugyo Anteisho (Public Employment Security Office).
Type of agency:
Public service under a national authority.
Name of the national authority:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Location of the local offices making the registrations:
In all 47 prefectures of the country totalling 600 locations.
Type of services provided/administered by the agency:
Assisting job-seekers to find jobs;
Assisting job-seekers to establish their own business;
Assisting employers to find workers;
Vocational guidance;
Paying unemployment compensation;
Other: industrial Employment Information Service: providing specific information on local labour markets and conditions and other useful information for job selection and skill attainment; employment Management Service: providing specific consultation and assistance to employers on employment-related matters, such as recruitment, assignment, etc. as well as assistance for the adequate employment management of older persons and persons with disabilities); employment Grant Service: providing specific assistance to job-seekers (various benefits to facilitate their re-employment); to employers (in employing job-seekers having trouble finding employment, and various grants to prevent unemployment caused by economic fluctuation).
Percentage of job-seekers seeking work through the agency:
34.3% (February 2001).
3.The following information is registered about a person:
Name;
Sex;
Address of usual residence;
Date of birth;
Current/past activity status, with 2 categories distinguished;
Type of work (occupation) of past or present job with 9 groups distinguished. Direct links to ISCO-88 have not been established;
Name and address of present or previous employer or work place;
Previous registrations with the agency/service.
4.Criteria used for inclusion of a person in the registers (R) and/or the statistics of unemployed persons (S):
Being without work (R) and (S);
Seeking work (R) and (S);
Availability for work (R) and (S);
Age (lower limit: 15 years; upper limit: 64 years) (R) and (S);
Previously employed (R) and (S).
5.Criteria used for exclusion of a person from the registers (R) and/or the statistics of unemployed persons (S):
Death (R) and (S);
Commencement of a (new) job (R) and (S);
Studying or undergoing training (except persons undergoing public vocational training) (R) and (S);
Failure to contact the agency/service (R) and (S);
Refusal of a suitable job offer (R) and (S);
Refusal of a suitable training offer (R) and (S);
End of entitlement to receive unemployment compensation (normally one year after leaving last job) (R) and (S);
Inability to work (R) and (S).
6.Definition of unemployed persons used for the statistics
Persons qualifying for benefits: persons who paid an employment insurance contribution for more than six months during a year before leaving their previous job and who are unemployed, and willing and able to work.
7.Updating of the registers
The registers are not updated regularly.
8.Unemployment rates
Statistics from the registers are not used to obtain unemployment rates.
9.Type of statistics of unemployed persons produced
Statistics on the number of persons registered as beneficiaries.
Series 1:
Annual Report on Employment Insurance Service.
Reference period:
Month, year.
Frequency of production:
Yearly.
Descriptive variables used:
Sex;
Age;
Occupation;
Industry;
Geographic characteristics.
Form of publication:
On paper, for general audience.
Agency responsible for publication:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Title and periodicity of the publication:
Annual Report on Employment Insurance Service.
Series 2:
Monthly Report on Employment Insurance Service.
Reference period:
Month.
Frequency of production:
Monthly.
Descriptive variables used:
Sex;
Age;
Occupation;
Industry;
Geographic characteristics.
Form of publication:
On paper, for general audience.
Agency responsible for publication:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Title and periodicity of the publication:
Monthly Report on Employment Insurance Service.
10.Methodological information about the statistics
Form of release:
Not released, available for internal use only.
11.Comparisons with unemployment statistics from other sources
Comparisons have not been made with unemployment statistics from other sources.
12.Major changes since the start of the statistics
There have been no major changes in legislation, capacity of the agency and/or administrative procedures which had a significant influence on the statistics.