Japan's jobless rate falls to 2.5% in August

Japan's unemployment rate in August fell to 2.5 percent from 2.7 percent the previous month as more workers who had been seeking better conditions found new jobs, government data showed Tuesday.The total number of people with jobs grew 0.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted 67.91 million, the highest since comparable data became available in 1953, while those without jobs dropped 8.0 percent to 1.72 million, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said.Of those not in work, 700,000 people voluntarily left their jobs, down 13.6 percent from July, and 390,000 individuals were let go…READ FULL ARTICLE