Job creation in disaster areas ineffective

The labor ministry said 68 percent of the job openings secured by the measures were accepted by Hello Work offices outside the three disaster-hit prefectures. Because many quake victims are reluctant to leave family members behind and move to other prefectures, some openings outside the Tohoku regio...

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Published inMcClatchy - Tribune Business News
Main Authors Inamura, Yuki, Yamamura, Hidetaka, Sekiya, Yohei
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 19.05.2011
Subjects
Coasts
Earthquakes
Employees
Employment
Job creation
Job openings
Shortages
Transportation services
Tsunamis
Unemployment
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Summary:The labor ministry said 68 percent of the job openings secured by the measures were accepted by Hello Work offices outside the three disaster-hit prefectures. Because many quake victims are reluctant to leave family members behind and move to other prefectures, some openings outside the Tohoku region were left unfilled.