Tokyo: Japan’s unemployment rate dropped in January from a month earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said in a report Friday.
According to the Ministry, the unemployment rate stood at 2.4 per cent in the recording month, down from 2.5 per cent a month earlier.
Separately, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Friday the job availability ratio stood at 1.35, down 0.1 point from a month earlier.
The ratio equates to there being 135 available jobs for every 100 people seeking work.