Japan bar hostesses form labor union

Japan bar hostesses form labor union

TOKYO, Japan - A former bar hostess (R), who uses the alias Rin Sakurai, attends a press conference at the labor ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2009. Sakurai and around 10 other former bar hostesses formed a labor union the same day calling for better working conditions.

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