The line graph shows the rates of unemployment in the US and Japan from March 1993 to March 1999.
Overall, the proportion of unemployment in the United States was highest in 1993, decreasing gradually whereas the number of unemployed Japanese citizens were fewer in the same year. However, the statistics rose steadily.
Americans were largely jobless in March 1993, amounting to 7%. The number dropped until June and peaked at 6.5% in July 1993. Despite of some fluctuations from 1994 to 1996, America managed to lower the percentage of its leisure workforces to 5% by March 1999.
On the other hand, initially, only 2.5% of people in Japan were unemployed. The proportion of workless manpower rose steeply nearly to 4.5% by March 1996. After a month in April, there was a slight declination approximately to 4%. Regardless, it went up to almost 5.5% to intersect the data of America in April 1998. The tendency seemed to be equal for both the countries by 1999.