Japan's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.4 percent in July for the third consecutive month, the government said Friday.
The latest overall reading remains just below the record high 5.5 percent recorded in December.
"The nation's employment situation remains severe," said Masato Chino, an official at the Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunication.
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