Japan's unemployment rate rose to 2.6 percent in February from 2.4 percent in the previous month, marking the first increase in seven months as more people entered the job market amid higher living costs, the government said Friday.The job availability ratio fell 0.01 point from January to 1.26, meaning there were 126 jobs available for every 100 job seekers, according to separate data. It was the first decline in three months.The increase in the number of job seekers was greater than that of job openings, possibly due to a rise in the number of elderly people trying to earn an income to su…READ FULL ARTICLE
