TOKYO: Japan's unemployment rate edged down to 4.2 percent in January while the struggling economy remained mired in deflation, official data showed Friday.
The jobless rate slipped to 4.2 percent from a revised 4.3 percent in December, data from the internal affairs ministry showed. The figure was in line with economists' expectations.
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