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Japan's June jobless rate touches 21-year low

Xinhua, July 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

Japan's unemployment rate went down to 3.1 percent in June, recording the lowest level in almost 21 years, statistics released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications showed on Friday.

The country's unemployment rate in June posted the lowest level since July 1995.

Meanwhile, the country's job-applicants ratio increased to 1.37 in June, up from 1.36 in May, the highest level since August 1991. The 1.37 ratio means 137 job positions were available for every 100 job seekers.

In June, the unemployment rate for men dropped 0.2 percentage points to 3.2 percent, while that for women added 0.1 point to 3.0 percent. Endit