Tokyo - Japan's jobless rate hit the worst level in more than three years, the government said Tuesday.
The unemployment rate rose 0.3 percentage point to 4.4 per cent in February from the month before, with 2.99 million people left jobless, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said in a preliminary report.
Japan's working community faces a tough time, and "the deterioration of payrolls is getting severe," the ministry said.
Bangkok - Thailand's food exports to Japan rose 30 per cent last year, benefiting from the Japanese market's health concerns about Chinese imports, media reports said Sunday.
Thai exports to Japan in 2008 were valued at 100 billion baht (2.8 billion dollars) and could continue to rise this year if the Japanese market continued to be wary of chemical-contamination of Chinese food products, President of Thailand's National Food Institute Yuthasak Supasorn told the Thai News Agency (TNA).
Tokyo - Japan's jobless rate hit the worst level in more than three years, the government said Tuesday.
Tokyo - Tokyo stocks recovered Tuesday as buying was encouraged after the market lost more than 4 per cent the previous day.
Hanoi - Vietnamese officials said Monday that government representatives will sign an agreement tomorrow resuming aid from Japan to Vietnam. 
Tokyo - The Japanese market started the week lower Monday as investors sold shares to lock in profits from the previous week's gains.
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Bangkok - Thailand's food exports to Japan rose 30 per cent last year, benefiting from the Japanese market's health concerns about Chinese imports, media reports said Sunday.
