Japan Jobless Rate at Six-Year High

Japan's unemployment rate rose to a 6-year high of 5.4% in June, the gov't said Friday. The jobless rate in the world's #2 economy worsened from 5.2% in May, suggesting emerging recovery for companies yet to filter to workers & families. The unemployment rate last reached 5.4% in June 2003 after hitting a record 5.5% a month earlier. The total number of jobless in June rose 31% from 2008 to 3.48M, according to the Ministry of Int