Keidanren, Rengo chiefs meet on employment amid economic downturn

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Mitarai (standing R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, widely known as Nippon Keidanren, addresses a meeting with members of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation held at the Keidanren Kaikan hall Jan. 15. Leaders of Japan's largest business lobby and the country's largest labor union federation met to discuss employment stability amid the economic downturn, marking an effective start to this year's ''shunto'' spring labor offensive.

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