600,000 construction workers to lose jobs within 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Senior government officials hold their first meeting to deal with the worsening job situation at the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 31. At the meeting, Keiji Furuya, vice minister of the economy ministry, said as many as 600,000 workers in the construction industry alone could lose their jobs within the next three years as the government carries out its economic and fiscal reform programs.