In Japan, the unemployment rate in August rose to 3.1%
Japan's unemployment rate in August to a seasonally adjusted 3.1% compared to 3% in July, according to the Bureau of Statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of the country.
Thus, the figure exceeded forecasts of analysts polled by Reuters agency, who had expected that it will remain at the same level as last month.
The absolute number of unemployed in the country in August was 2.12 million, up 130,000 (5.8%) lower than a year earlier.
