The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced on the 2nd that the unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) in August increased by 0.1 points from the previous month to 3.0%.
Takao Tokui, chairman of the All Japan Seal Industry Association, who met with Taro Kono, the minister in charge of administrative reform on the 28th, revealed his intention to abolish the useless stamps in the administrative procedures that Mr. Kono advocates in response to a telephone interview with the Mainichi Shimbun.
Kotaro Nagasaki, the governor of Yamanashi Prefecture, said at a press conference on the 29th, "I understand that you can 'eliminate the seal' in the administrative procedure, but please be careful about the phrase 'eliminate the stamp'." he complained.
The standard land price as of July 1, announced by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, showed a year-on-year decrease of 0.6% in the national average (all uses), which was the first decline in three years since 2017.