Japan's worry about work

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Japan is finding it hard to accept that almost full employment can no longer be taken for granted. Similarly, changes in working practices are also having a significant social impact. Companies facing falling profits are now replacing full-time permanent staff with less expensive part-time workers, while unemployment is rising sharply, especially as many small companies close down. Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi plans to create 1 million jobs, but the government has not released any details about this programme so far.

Unemployment

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Cold comfort: Japan

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Japanese Prime Minister Hashimoto may have to issue a reluctant apology to the surviving women across Asia who were forced to work in brothels by the Japanese during World War II. Former PM Tomiichi Murayama had set up the Asian Women's fund to compensate the women and promised the apologies.

Women, World War II, 1939-1945, Hashimoto, Ryutaro, Murayama, Tomiichi

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