Japan's unemployment rate falls to 3% www3.nhk.or.jp
Unemployment in Japan edged down to 3.0 percent in July. That's a 0.1 percentage point drop from the previous month and the lowest level since May 1995.
Japanese government officials say about 65 million people were employed in July, up by one million from a year ago. The number of jobless fell to about 2 million, nearly 10 percent less than the same month last year.
The ratio of job offers to applicants remained unchanged from June at 1.37.
Published Date:2016-08-30