Unemployment falls in Japan

Tokyo, Oct 30 (DPA) Japan’s unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent in September from 5.5 percent in August, the government said Friday.
It was the second month in a row that unemployment had decreased.

The fall took place against a background of rising production driven by increasing exports.

There were 43 job openings for every 100 unemployed people, one more than in each of the previous two months