"""In this Jan. 6, 2009 photo, a group of laid-off temporary workers stage a protest outside a hotel where the Japan Business Federation chairman and business circles are holding a new year's party in Tokyo. Japan's jobless rate stood at 4.8 percent, up from 4.4 percent in February, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said Friday, May 1, 2009. The actual number of unemployed jumped 25 percent from a year earlier to 3.35 million, while the number of employed workers fell 1.4 percent. The placards held by the laid-off workers read: """"Temporary workers are not properties."""" (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)"""
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