China News Service, April 28. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report on the 28th, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced that the country ’s complete unemployment rate in March was 2.5%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points from February. In response, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said that the impact of the new crown epidemic has already appeared, and the situation in April will not improve.
On April 25, local time, a commercial street in Tokyo, Japan, had very few people.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the number of fully unemployed in March was 1.76 million, an increase of 20,000 from the same period in 2019. In this regard, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said, “Although the total unemployment rate has remained at a relatively low level, it is already at a critical point”, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications also pointed out that “the impact of the new crown epidemic has already begun to appear. It is expected that the results of the April survey will be Very bad. "
In addition, the survey also reflected that the current number of employed workers, part-time workers, temporary workers and other informal workers is 21.5 million, a decrease of 260,000 compared with the same period in 2019, and the decrease is the highest since January 2014. Regarding this situation, Japanese Minister of General Affairs Takachi Hayao said, "I think the impact of the new crown epidemic on employment has already appeared, and it will continue to pay attention to the relevant situation."
As of 11 a.m. local time on the 28th, the cumulative number of Japanese New Crown Viruses was 13,641 and the death toll was 394. In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on 7 April that Tokyo and other seven prefectures entered a state of emergency, and on April 16 the scope of the state of emergency was expanded to the entire country of Japan. Affected by this, the number of people going out of Japan has decreased significantly, and many industries have suspended operations.