BBC xin wen 100 pian News Item 51

[00:00.10]	Unemployment in Japan rose to 5.7% in July,
[00:05.54]	the highest figure since the Second World War.
[00:08.07]	The raise came as companies laid off workers because of the world recession.
[00:12.05]	The new figures come early days before the general election in Japan.
[00:16.01]	Our correspondent Roland Buerk reports from Tokyo.
[00:19.04]	The state of Japan’s economy is the key issue inthe election campaign.
[00:23.94]	So use of the unemployment rates has risen to the 5.7% is ablow for the Prime Minister Taro Aso.
[00:30.76]	Opinion poll shows his liberal democratic party was already on course for defeat on Sunday foronly these condtime in more than 50 years.
[00:39.08]	3,590,000 Japanese were out of working in July,，
[00:44.25]	over a million more than a year ago.
[00:46.61]	Japan’s crossing recession is officially over
[00:49.64]	but the benefits yet to be felt by families andworkers

[00:00.10]	Unemployment in Japan rose to 5. 7 in July,
[00:05.54]	the highest figure since the Second World War.
[00:08.07]	The raise came as companies laid off workers because of the world recession.
[00:12.05]	The new figures come early days before the general election in Japan.
[00:16.01]	Our correspondent Roland Buerk reports from Tokyo.
[00:19.04]	The state of Japan' s economy is the key issue inthe election campaign.
[00:23.94]	So use of the unemployment rates has risen to the 5. 7 is ablow for the Prime Minister Taro Aso.
[00:30.76]	Opinion poll shows his liberal democratic party was already on course for defeat on Sunday foronly these condtime in more than 50 years.
[00:39.08]	3, 590, 000 Japanese were out of working in July,,
[00:44.25]	over a million more than a year ago.
[00:46.61]	Japan' s crossing recession is officially over
[00:49.64]	but the benefits yet to be felt by families andworkers