Aso urges business leaders to secure employment

Aso urges business leaders to secure employment

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (2nd from R) holds talks with the nation's business leaders, including Fujio Mitarai (2nd from L), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, at his office on Dec. 1. Aso urged the leaders to raise wages and secure employment in an effort to ease people's growing concerns over future living conditions and to boost consumption.

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