Japan's Aug. jobless rate rises to 3%, highest in 3 yrs due to virus

Japan's unemployment rate reached the 3 percent level in August for the first time in over three years as the new coronavirus pandemic continued to weigh on business activities, government data showed Friday.The jobless rate edged up to 3.0 percent from 2.9 percent in July, rising for the second straight month to hit its worst level since the 3.1 percent recorded in May 2017, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.Before seasonal adjustment, the number of unemployed people increased 490,000 from a year earlier to 2.06 million. It topped two million for the first ti…READ FULL ARTICLE