Japan's jobless rate hits record high 5.6% in Dec.

Japan's jobless rate hits record high 5.6% in Dec.

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi gives a news conference at his ministry Jan. 29 as Japan's unemployment rate climbed to a record high of 5.6% in December in the government's preliminary report. The figure pushed the average jobless rate for 2001 to a record high of 5.0%.

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