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Job-training camps planned for rejected graduates
Factory output up for 1st time in 6 months
Fifty-day job-training seminars to help college graduates land corporate jobs after they have had other offers withdrawn due to the ailing economy will be held in three locations by a body linked to the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry.
Japan’s struggling manufacturers are showing signs of life as the government said Thursday that industrial production rose for the first time in six months in March. . (AP)  // FULL ARTICLE

JAL forecasts Y63 billion net loss

Shin Wakamono Chosenjuku (new youth challenging course), will be launched by the Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, an independent administrative agency under the umbrella of the ministry.

Participants in the courses will learn various aspects of corporate work, such as how to write planning papers, as well as take lessons designed to help boost mental strength, the organization said Friday.

The ministry said it has set aside 230 million yen in its budget for the program.

(Source: YOMIURI)

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Japan Airlines, Asia’s largest carrier, said Tuesday it would post a net loss of about 63 billion yen for the past year to March, almost twice as much as expected. Previously JAL had forecast an annual net loss of 34 billion yen.

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Job-training camps for rejected graduates
Fuel surcharge to fall by 80% in April

Firm to recall U.S. popcorn
Panasonic's $3.9 bln annual net loss
Output dives, unemployment rises
Bad loans back, top ¥12 trillion
Govt gave 55 mil. yen to bogus group
 6,000 workers to lose jobs by April
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Summer bonuses to drop average of 14.4 percent
Summer bonuses in the private sector are to drop an average of 14.4 percent compared to last year, the first decrease in 7 years, according to a labor research firm.

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Japanese shares tumbled Tuesday, pressured by a rising yen, fresh worries over the U.S. financial sector and growing uncertainty about the impact of swine flu on the global economy.. (AP)
  
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