Japan's August jobless rate rises to 2.6%

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October 2, 2025 7:36 PM EDT

Workers are seen at a construction site at a business district in Tokyo, Japan January 23, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's jobless rate in August rose to 2.6% from 2.3% in July, government data showed on Friday.

Economists' median forecast was for 2.4%.

The jobs-to-applicants ratio in August inched down to 1.20 from 1.22 in the previous month. The median forecast was 1.22.

(Reporting by Kentaro Sugiyama; Writing by Satoshi Sugiyama; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)


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