Japan's unemployment rate was unchanged at 3% in October, the Japanese government said on Tuesday.

    Medical and welfare services saw an increase of 280,000 jobs, to reach a total of 8.07 million, and manufacturers added 220,000 employees to reach 10.46 million, while the construction industry lost 230,000 positions to drop to 4.93 million, the government said.

    The availability of jobs, measured as the ratio of job offers per job seeker, edged up to 1.40 in October from 1.38 in the previous month, according to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.