(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Tokyo May 02 - Japan's jobless rate was flat at 3.6% in March from the previous month while job availability improved for the 16th straight month as a recovery in corporate profits has prodded many companies to boost their employment government data showed Friday.
The ratio of employment offers to seekers climbed to 1.07 in the reporting month from 1.05 in February which means 107 positions were available for every 100 job seekers according to the Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare Kyodo news agency reported.
The number of unemployed people rose a seasonally adjusted 1.3% from February to 2.36 million as those quitting jobs voluntarily climbed 1.1% to 910000 the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said in a preliminary report.
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