Gov't, employers, employees agree on Japan-style work-sharing

Gov't, employers, employees agree on Japan-style work-sharing

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Tadashi Okamura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, Prime Minister Taro Aso, Tsuyoshi Takagi, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, and a representative of the National Federation of Small Business Associations join hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 23 after they agreed to promote Japanese-style work-sharing to stabilize and create jobs amid the deteriorating job conditions of the global economic crisis.

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