Unionized non-regular workers at famous sushi chain ‘Sushiro’ go on strike for higher wages

Seeking to push Japan’s most famous kaitenzusi (conveyer-belt sushi) restaurant chain Sushiro to offer a substantial wage hike, non-regular workers have staged a strike at Sushiro outlets in various prefectures, including Miyagi and Tokushima.

LDP ‘indecent feast’ exposes the party’s disrespectful regard of women

The LDP Youth Division in the Kinki region at its get-together in Wakayama Prefecture invited female dancers in revealing costumes and went on a spree. Photos of several attendees tipping the dancers by mouth were leaked, drawing a lot of criticism.

High court: ban on same-sex marriage is against equality under the law

Asked for a comment on the judgement, JCP Secretariat Head Koike Akira said, “It’s a landmark ruling that encourages those who have campaigned ‘for freedom of marriage for all’ and called for the legalization of same-sex marriage.”