TOKYO: Japan's unemployment rate rose to 5.2 percent in May _ the highest level in more than five years, the government said Tuesday.
The country's jobless rate worsened from 5.0 percent in April, suggesting that while Japanese companies may be starting to recover, their workers face growing insecurity about jobs.
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