Japan's economic woes continues piling up as reports released on Friday spoke of rising unemployment in three straight month leading to April, plunging consumer prices index and declining household spending.

According to figures released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication, the country's jobless rate peaked to 5.1 percent or up to 3.56 million, its highest level since January this year and a bit lower than the 2.9 percent posted in the same period last year.

The ministry said that Japanese with existing jobs fell by 0.8 percent to 62.69 million.

The consumer retail industry appears not be faring any better as deflation took a turn for the worst in April as Japan's core consumer price index, still excluding the fresh food market, slid by 1.5 percent coming from the previous year and extending that departments steady declines for the past 14 months.

The figures were released in the heels of an ongoing recovery in the world's second biggest economy and where its busy export activities have yet to fuel more employment and better domestic demands.

Japan's export numbers surged by 40 percent in April due to steady demands from China and the rest of Asia, as reflected by government figures released on Thursday.

That growth seemingly failed to lure more consumers to spend despite falling prices which analysts fear could lead to deflation that could hurt the economy in general.

The Bank of Japan has maintained that it is not tolerating deflation though the central bank is expecting that prices should continue falling for another two years as the consumer price index for Tokyo further declined by 1.6 percent in May.

With the government granting high school tuition fee breaks, education cost in Japan was clipped by 13 percent in April while the government reported that household spending slid by 0.7 percent in the same month as Japanese families cut down their budget for clothing, recreation and food.

To top it all, the country's labour ministry has admitted that more Japanese would have a hard time seeking work as the ratio of job offerings to job applicants stood only at 0.48 percent in April, coming from the 0.49 posted last month.

The figures could easily translate to the possibility that 100 Japanese applicants would vie for only 48 open job slots.