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Japan’s unemployment rate unexpectedly was at 2.6 percent in June 2022, the same as in the prior month and compared with market consensus of 2.5 percent. The number of unemployed was unchanged at 1.8 million while employment was up by 120 thousand to 67.36 million. The labor force increased by 120 thousand to 69.16 million and those detached from the labor force fell 150 thousand to 40.98 million. The non-seasonally adjusted labor force participation rate rose to 63.0 percent in June from 62.4 in the same month a year earlier. Meantime, the jobs-to-application ratio went up to a 26-month high of 1.27 in June from 1.24 in May and beating forecasts of 1.25. A year earlier, the unemployment rate was at 2.9 percent.