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With the unemployment rate hitting 5.4 percent in June, experts doubt the labor policies pledged by either the ruling bloc or the Democratic Party of Japan in their platforms for the Aug. 30 election will stave off layoffs anytime soon.
The Lower House election comes as calls grow, particularly from the growing ranks of axed temporary workers, for radical change in government labor policy.
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