Japan Feb jobless rate falls to 2.4%, job availability shrinks

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s jobless rate in February fell to 2.4% from 2.5% in January, government data showed on Tuesday.

Economists’ median forecast was for 2.5%.

The jobs-to-applicants ratio also dipped to 1.24 in February from 1.26 in January. The median forecast was 1.26.

(Reporting by Kentaro Sugiyama; Writing by Satoshi Sugiyama; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)