Japan’s unemployment climbs to 5.2 percent

By DPA,

Tokyo : Japan’s jobless rate climbed for the first time in four months in November, to 5.2 percent, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said Friday.

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The unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in October. The number of unemployed people rose to 3.31 million in November, up 750,000 from a year earlier, the ministry said.

The job-to-applicant ratio was almost flat at 0.45, which means there were only 45 job offers for every 100 job applicants, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare said.