Seasonally adjusted, Japan’s unemployment rate rose from 4.4% in February to 4.8% in March, a four year high.This was higher than the median forecast of 4.6%.
Jobs to applicants ratio fell to 0.52. Forecast was for a reading of 0.55.
Number of new job offers fell 22.3% in March from a year earlier. This comes after a 30.1% drop in February from a year earlier.
USDJPY continues higher towards 99.00.