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Japan’s jobless rate unchanged at 2.8% in Sept – govt
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Posted on October 29, 2021
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Published by maria gbaf
Posted on October 29, 2021
1 min readLast updated: January 29, 2026
Japan's unemployment rate stayed at 2.8% in September, with job availability rising. The jobs-to-applicants ratio increased to 1.16, surpassing economists' expectations.
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s jobless rate was unchanged at 2.8% in September, while the availability of jobs grew from the previous month, government data showed on Friday.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate matched the median market forecast, the internal affairs ministry figures showed.
The jobs-to-applicants ratio was 1.16, up from 1.14 in the previous month, according to the labour ministry. Economists’ median prediction in a Reuters poll was 1.14.
A full table can be seen on the internal affairs ministry’s website: http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/index.htm
(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; Writing by Kantaro Komiya; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)
The article discusses Japan's unemployment rate, which remained at 2.8% in September, and the increase in job availability.
The jobs-to-applicants ratio in September was 1.16, an increase from the previous month's 1.14.
The data was provided by Japan's internal affairs and labor ministries.
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