One in every four workers falls into the poor

The number of workers with an annual income of less than two million yen reached 10.9 million, 324,000 up from 2008 and exceeded 10 million for the fourth year in row, according to survey results on private sector workers’ wages issued by the National Tax Agency on September 28.

Ozawa will be indicted

The Committee for the Inquest of Prosecution on October 4 again judged that former secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan Ozawa Ichiro should be indicted over his political funds scandal. According to this decision made by the 11 committee members, Ozawa will be prosecuted.

Japan must assert its claim to the Senkaku Islands: JCP

The Japanese Communist Party on October 4 issued a statement entitled, “Japan’s possession of Senkaku Islands is legitimate based on history and international law - Japanese government must assert its legitimate rights to the islands.”