Japan’s unemployment rate was flat at 4.1 per cent in April, the Government said today.
The number of unemployed people dropped by 240,000 from a year earlier to 2.91 million, falling year-on-year for the 35th consecutive month, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said.
Meanwhile, the availability of jobs, measured as a ratio of job offers per job seekers, climbed 0.03 points from the previous month to 0.89 in April, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare said.
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Published on May 31, 2013
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