Japan's biggest labor body selects Koga as new leader

Japan's biggest labor body selects Koga as new leader

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuaki Koga speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2009, after being elected as the new president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, Japan's largest labor organization known as Rengo. (Kyodo)

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