The unemployment rate in Japan came in at a seasonally adjusted 4.3 percent in July, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Friday - in line with expectations and unchanged from the previous month.
The number of employed persons was 62.77 million, while the number of unemployed was 2.88 million.
The participation rate was 59.2 percent, easing from the downwardly revised 59.3 percent in June (originally 59.4 percent).
The job-to-applicant ratio was 0.83, matching forecasts and up from 0.82 in the previous month.
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