Economy

Japan's 4m inactive workers put job market at risk of shrinking

May unemployment at 3-year high as job openings take sharpest fall in 46 years

MITSURU OBE, Nikkei staff writer
June 30, 2020 09:23 JST
Updated on June 30, 2020 16:46 JST

TOKYO -- Japan's low unemployment rate may not remain that way much longer.

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