Japan April jobless rate unchanged at 2.5%

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s jobless rate in April was unchanged at 2.5% from last month, government data showed on Friday.

Economists’ median forecast was for 2.5%.

The jobs-to-applicants ratio in April was also unchanged from the previous month at 1.26. The median forecast was 1.26.

(Reporting by Kentaro Sugiyama; Writing by Satoshi Sugiyama; Editing by Sam Holmes)