Together with Rengo, a big trades-union association, Nikkeiren has proposed some alternative ways to create jobs.
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The 7.8-million-member Rengo, the national federation of labor unions, has deserted the SDP and lined up behind the Democrats.
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During a televised meeting on December 1st, Nobuaki Koga, the head of Rengo, Japan's largest trade union confederation, begged Mr Kan to take public opinion more seriously.