TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s jobless rate rose to 2.8% in March from 2.6% in the previous month, government data showed on Friday.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was higher than economists’ median forecast of 2.5% in a Reuters poll.
The jobs-to-applicants ratio fell to 1.32 from February’s 1.34, labour ministry data showed.
For a table on the jobless data, go to the internal affairs ministry’s website:
(Note: The jobs-to-applicants ratio and new job offers can be seen in Japanese on the labour ministry’s website)
(Reporting by Kentaro Sugiyama; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)
