According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the total number of people with jobs in June came to 68.22 million, up 370,000 from a year earlier and the highest number since comparable records began in 1953.
The total number of unemployed people fell 3.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted 1.76 million in June, as fewer people left their jobs voluntarily or sought new work, data showed.
Separately, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Japan's jobs-to-applicants ratio slipped to 1.23 in June from 1.24 in May, a third consecutive month of decline, indicating there were 123 jobs available for every 100 jobseekers.
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