In 2015 the Japanese adult non-institutionalized population was 110.7 million,the labor force was 66 million,and the number of people employed was 63.7 million.According to these numbers,the Japanese labor-force participation rate and unemployment rate were about

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The labor-force participation rate is calculated as (labor force / adult non-institutionalized population) * 100 = (66 / 110.7) * 100 ≈ 59.6%. The unemployment rate is calculated as ((labor force - employed) / labor force) * 100 = ((66 - 63.7) / 66) * 100 ≈ 3.5%.

In 2015 the Japanese Adult Non-Institutionalized Population Was 110