Japan's unemployment rate improved to 2.9 percent in November for the first drop in five months, in a sign that the novel coronavirus pandemic's impact on the labor market is easing, government data showed Friday.Separate data from the labor ministry showed that the job availability ratio in the reporting month improved to 1.06 from 1.04 in the previous month, up for the second straight month. The ratio means there were 106 job openings in November for every 100 job seekers.The jobless rate fell from 3.1 percent in October, down for the first time since it dipped 0.1 point from the previous…READ FULL ARTICLE
