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TMCNet: 1st Ld Writethru: Japan jobless rate falls to 4.5 pct in Feb. on economic recovery

[March 29, 2012]

1st Ld Writethru: Japan jobless rate falls to 4.5 pct in Feb. on economic recovery

TOKYO, Mar 29, 2012 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Japan's unemployment rate dropped to a seasonally adjusted 4.5 percent in February from 4.6 percent in January, according to a preliminary report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

The number of people employed increased 290,000 to hit 62.88 million month-on-month.

The jobless rate for men fell to 4.7 percent from 4.9 percent in January and for women to 4.2 percent from an earlier 4.4 percent, according to the report.

The number of unemployed decreased by 140,000 in February from a year earlier to 2.89 million, the ministry said.

The number of job holders fell by 400,000 to 62.26 million from the previous year, the ministry said.

Ministry officials attributed the improvement to the backdrop of "a pickup in industrial output amid signs of economic recovery, as well as (more job offers due to) reconstruction work" following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, according to local media reports.

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