Jobless rate in Japan improved to 3.3 percent in July from a reading of 3.4 percent in the previous month, authorities said on Friday.
Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said in a preliminary report that the number of jobless people declined a seasonally adjusted 0.9 percent from June to 2.2 million, adding that the number of those leaving jobs "involuntarily" for reasons dropped 4.7 percent to 610,000, the lowest level since 2002.
The jobless rate for men dropped 0.1 percentage point to 3.5 percent, while that for women rose 0.1 point to 3.2 percent, reported Xinhua.
