Japan's jobless rate hits record high 5.4%

Japan's jobless rate hits record high 5.4%

TOKYO, Japan - A man browses a computer screen to try to find a job at a placement center in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on April 25 as Japan's unemployment rate for fiscal 2002 rose 0.2 percentage point from the previous year to hit a record-high 5.4%, underscoring the drive by beleaguered companies to slash jobs.

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