Japan's jobless rate in February rose to 2.6% from 2.4% in the previous month, government data showed on Friday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate compared with economists' median forecast of 2.4%.

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The jobs-to-applicants ratio inched down to 1.26, from 1.27 in January, separate labour ministry data showed.

The median forecast was for 1.27.