---
status: not_available
error: "Document not yet published on official source site (Statistics Bureau of Japan). Scheduled release is March 31, 2026, 08:30 JST (March 30, 23:30 UTC)."
group_key: 400833
date_searched: 2026-03-30T23:55:00Z
urls_tried:
  - https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/index.html
  - https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/month/index.html
---

# Source Document Not Available

The source document for the Japan Unemployment Rate (February 2026) could not be retrieved from the official Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Statistics Bureau) website.

**Reason:** 
The search was performed at 23:55 UTC on March 30, 2026. While the event timestamp in the payload is 23:30 UTC, official Japanese statistical releases typically occur at 08:30 JST (which is 23:30 UTC). However, a manual check of the Statistics Bureau's "Latest Monthly Results" page and a targeted Perplexity search confirm that the February 2026 data has not yet been posted to the public-facing English or Japanese portals. The most recent available data on the site is for January 2026 (released March 3).

**Indicators requested:** 
- Unemployment Rate (JP) - February 2026