Tokyo - Japan's unemployment rate stood at 4.1 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms in June, up 0.1 point from the previous month, the government said Tuesday.

Some 2.65 million people were jobless in the reporting month, up 240,000 from a year before, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said in a preliminary report.

There were 91 jobs available for every 100 job seekers in June.

Meanwhile, the ministry reported a real 1.8-per-cent drop in the nation's monthly household spending for June to 281,951 yen (281,951 dollars), compared to a year before.

The wage-earning households' monthly income dipped 2.1 per cent to 737,166 yen, and their spending was up 0.3 per cent to 307,975 yen.

Household spending figures are a key indicator of personal spending, which accounts for about 55 per cent of Japan's gross domestic product. (dpa)