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Japan's Unemployment Rate Rises

Pyongyang, August 4 (KCNA) -- Those unemployed in Japan totaled a seasonally adjusted 2.89 million people, an increase of 60,000 additional people unemployed in June, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on July 29.

Hokuriku Electric Power Co. said Friday its group net profit in the April to June period plunged 36.9 percent from a year earlier.

All Nippon Airways Co. on Friday reported a group operating loss of 8.10 billion yen in the April-June period.

Mazda Motor Corp. said Friday it logged a group operating loss of 23.09 billion yen in the April to June quarter.

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