Japan's unemployment rate for May holds flat at 2.5%
Japan's internal affairs ministry says the country's jobless rate in May was unchanged from April at 2.5 percent.
Data released by the ministry on Friday shows 1.83 million people were out of work, down 100,000 from a year earlier and the fourth straight month of decline.
The data also shows 68.38 million people in employment in May, up 720,000 from the same month last year. That's the highest since 1953, when comparable data became available.
The number of regular employees rose by 480,000 year-on-year to 37.23 million, the highest since 2013.
Ministry officials say they view the employment situation as favorable, but they will continue to closely monitor employment and unemployment trends.
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