nhk world's naoki makita has more. >> reporter: thousands of young people flock to a job fair in shanghai. 370 companies were looking to hire new people. the number of students completing university is the largest ever this year. as more young people with high education enters the workforce, many are finding it difficult to get their dream job. despite a drop in china's birthrate, the number of college graduates has more than doubled over the past ten years. they are facing intense competition trying to land a job. >> translator: i'm looking for work in the i.t. field which was my major. but it's very tough. look at all these people here trying to get a job. there's a lot of pressure. >> reporter: to ease the situation, the government is encouraging students to start off in their own businesses. last year this university near shanghai began offering a new course. it teaches students how to go about setting up their own companies. students don't have to write graduation papers. instead they must develop a business plan and try to raise about $25,000 from investors. >> translator: it's usel

naoki makita nhk world. >>> efforts to deal with contaminated water at the crippled fukushima daiichi nuclear plant has hit another snag. the operator of the plant discovered highly radioactive water could have leaked from a holding tank but says none of it has gotten past surrounding barriers. officials is the tokyo electric power company on friday discovered a pool of water at the base of the tank. it was approximately 20 centimeters squared and beta ray emission from the surface of the water measured 70 millisieverts per hour. they placed sandbags around the pool and there's no sign it's getting bigger. the water has been treated to remove cesium but remains highly radioactive. officials believe the water in the pool came from one of the tanks. the tank with the suspected leak is an older model that has leaked before. its steel plates are bolted together rather than welded. tokyo electric plans to remove the remaining water in the tank for further treatment. >>> high school students from hiroshima have traveled to the u.n. headquarters to deliver an important message. they are conv