Japan Jobless Rate Steady At 2.6% In April

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Japan Jobless Rate Steady At 2.6% In April

(RTTNews) - The unemployment rate in Japan came in at a seasonally adjusted 2.6 percent in April, the Ministry of Communications and Internal Affairs said on Friday.

That was in line with expectations and unchanged from the March reading.

The jobs-to-applicant ratio was 1.26, shy of forecasts for 1.28 - which would have been unchanged.

The participation rate was 63.1, topping forecasts for 63.0 and up from 62.8 in the previous month.

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