Japan's unemployment rate rose to 2.6 percent in February from 2.4 percent in the previous month, marking the first increase in seven months as more people entered the job market amid higher living costs, the government says.
Japan's unemployment rate fell to 2.4 percent in January from 2.5 percent in the previous month for the first improvement in three months, as fewer people were laid off amid a labor shortage, according to the government
With the world's largest debt to GDP ratio and no fiscal surplus in sight, Japan's habit of short-term spending may need to be replaced by deep structural change.