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Japan's jobless rate close to a two-year high

In June, seasonally adjusted unemployment rose 0.1 percentage points to 4.1 per cent, prompting the labour ministry to downgrade its assessment of the labour market for the first time in 10 months ...full story at Financial Times

from Financial Times on Tue, Jul 29 2008

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