Japanese industrial production rose and the unemployment rate fell in December for a suggested continuation of the recovery.

Manufacturing production rose 2.2% from the previous month, less than economists projected. Ministry of Trade reported the unemployment rate fell to 5.1% from 5.2% previously.

Although the production of the rise and fall of unemployment to reduce the pressure back to the recession, but the appreciation of the yen and falling prices forced the policy makers continued stimulus package.

High-ranking Bank of Japan is concerned about the appreciation of the yen reached the strongest level in 14 years could affect business sentiment.

“The number of production and the unemployment rate was memkonfirmasi worst was over. However, improvement is still very small and would decrease the number of unemployed grew slowly,” said Masamichi Adachi, senior economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Tokyo.

Another government report said household spending rose 2.1% during December from the previous year, higher than economists estimated. This performance contrasts with the previous week of data is recorded retail sales fell 0.3% from a year ago.

Economy increased the number of employees as many as 130,000 in December, the largest increase in 4 month. Sectors that provide the jobs of health, welfare, and education. While the manufacturing and retail sectors provide employment opportunities fewer.

“Unemployment is up slightly but I can not too optimistic because the whole number not more than 5%. Conditions are still many people who seek work but no lowongannya,” Yukio Hatoyama said the PM told the press today.

Japanese Diet approved the package yesterday economy 7.2 trillion yen (U.S. $ 80 billion) to boost national economic recovery from the worst recession.

“At least the worst was over. However, I am still worried about the unemployment rate back up to the highest level,” said Yoshiki Shinke, Senior economist Dai-Ichi Life Research Institute in Tokyo.