Business leader calls for safety nets for jobless

Business leader calls for safety nets for jobless

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (standing at right), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, speaks to Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa (seated at left) in a meeting at a Tokyo hotel July 13. Okuda urged the government to improve safety nets against an increase in unemployment expected as a result of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's aggressive structural reform.

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