TOKYO, March 3 (Reuters) - Japan's jobless rate fell to
2.4% in January, while the availability of jobs fell for the
first time in nearly 2-1/2 years, government data showed on
Friday.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was lower than
economists' median forecast of 2.5% in a Reuters poll.
The jobs-to-applicants ratio fell to 1.35 from December's
1.36, marking the first decline since August 2020, 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 Kantaro Komiya
Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)
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