Japan’s jobless rate flat at 2.6% in May

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s jobless rate was flat at 2.6% in May from the previous month, government data showed on Friday.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate also matched economists’ median forecast of 2.6% in a Reuters poll.

The jobs-to-applicants ratio slipped to 1.31 from 1.32 in April, separate labour ministry data showed.

For a table on the jobless data, go to the internal affairs ministry’s website:

(Note: The jobs-to-applicants ratio and new job offers can be seen in Japanese on the labour ministry’s website)

(Reporting by Kentaro Sugiyama and Kaori Kaneko; Writing by Kantaro Komiya; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)