Japan's unemployment rate rises to 5.2% in May

Japan's unemployment rate rises to 5.2% in May

TOKYO, Japan - Job seekers are seen at the counter of a public job center in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in May. The Japanese government announced June 30 that the country's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate reached a nearly six-year high of 5.2 percent in May.

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