Japan's jobless rate climbed back to 4.7 percent in June, up 0.1 percentage point from May, the Management and Coordination Agency said Friday.

The number of unemployed fell 80,000, or 2.4 percent, from a year earlier to 3.21 million. Joblessness among men slipped by 120,000, or 5.8 percent, to 1.94 million, while unemployment among women increased by 40,000, or 3.3 percent, to 1.27 million.

Japan's unemployment rate improved in April and again in May after reaching a postwar record high of 4.9 percent in February and March.