Harder working women cut J-unemployment rate

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Female workers improve Japan's jobless rate
Mainichi Interactive Jul 29 2003
...the number of people with work in the medical and welfare fields rose 8.5 percent compared with the same period the previous year, while the number for the service industry climbed 1.9 percent. However, people working in the manufacturing industry dropped 3.4 percent ...