Even so, the impact on employment conditions, including layoffs and hiring restraint, has been “very limited”, a ministry official said.
In separate data, the internal affairs ministry said Japan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged from April at 2.5 per cent in May.
The number of employed people rose by 0.1 per cent, while the number of unemployed people fell by 2.8 per cent.
Among the unemployed, both voluntary job leavers, including those seeking new work, and involuntary job leavers, such as people who lost jobs for employer-side reasons, declined.
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