Lawyers and JCP exchange opinions on selective dual surname system

A round-table meeting between the Japan Federation of Bar Associations and the JCP took place to exchange views on a selective dual surname system and on reforms of police interrogations.

Hiroshima Hibakusha protest against Hiroshima City’s intent to invite Israel to A-Bomb Day event

Representatives of Hiroshima A-bomb survivors and antinuke groups visited the Hiroshima City government to lodge a protest against the city’s intent to invite an Israeli official to the August 6 A-Bomb Day ceremony hosted by the city.

JCP Miyamoto: Stop restricting job changes by foreign trainees

JCP representative Miyamoto Toru argued that it will be unjustifiable for Japan to unduly restrict job transfers of foreign technical intern trainees, as the restriction could be an abuse of human rights and the right of freedom to choose jobs.