Japan unemployment rate unexpectedly increases
Recovery from worst post-war recession hindered

It would be a big upgrade were we so afflicted.

...The jobless rate rose to 5.1 percent from 5 percent, the statistics bureau said today in Tokyo...

...An index of sentiment fell to minus 18 from minus 16 in April, the market researcher said in an e-mailed statement today in London. Economists had forecast that the gauge would be unchanged...

...AAA estimates families will spend an average of $809 on summer travel, compared with $876 in 2009, even though flying is more expensive than it was a year ago. They're knocking down the cost, travel agents say, by staying closer to home, choosing less-expensive modes of transportation or by picking destinations based on the best fares and lodging they can find...

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