Japan's unemployment rate climbed back to 4.7 percent in September, up 0.1 percentage point from August, for the first rise since June, when the rate rose to 4.7 percent from 4.6 percent, the Management and Coordination Agency said Tuesday.

The ranks of unemployed rose by 30,000, or 0.9 percent, from a year earlier to 3.2 million, logging the first upturn in five months, the agency said in a preliminary report.

The number of men out of work increased 70,000, or 3.8 percent, to 1.93 million, while the figure for women dropped by 50,000, or 3.8 percent, to 1.26 million.