By SUGURU TAKIZAWA/ Staff Writer
July 3, 2020 at 16:20 JST
This service counter in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward handles consultations for dismissals and terminations of temporary contracts and notifications from those who lost their jobs. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The pace of job losses has slightly slowed down, but more than 30,000 workers are still estimated to have lost employment as of July 1 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, labor ministry data showed. [Read More]
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