Japan's unemployment rate stayed at 4.2 percent in September from the previous month, according to a preliminary report released by the government on Tuesday.[Hong Kong company registration]

The result came in line with forecasts by private-sector economists.

The number of the employed grew a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent, or 60,000, to 62.69 million, [Set Up Company Hong Kong]while that of the unemployed expanded 0.4 percent, or 10,000, to 2.73 million, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said in the report.