JCP Chair strongly condemns North Korean rocket launch

North Korea on December 12 launched a rocket. Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo immediately issued a statement in protest against the launching.

Top Court approves public workers’ political activities

The Supreme Court on December 7 decided to acquit one of two government workers who were arrested for participating in political activities on holidays, while upholding a conviction of the other.

NEC affiliate pays no overtime money to a retirement rejecter

An NEC subsidiary has failed to pay a large portion of overtime money to a unionized male worker in his 40s who refused to accept early retirement, revealed a union head.