Temps with help from union win overdue overtime

Three temp workers at the restaurant chain “Sukiya” in Sendai City, with the help of a trade union, has made the parent company Zensho pay them for their overtime work.

Both DPJ presidential candidates do not touch on people’s hardships

Prime Minister Kan Naoto and Ozawa Ichiro, ex-secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, announced their candidacy for the DPJ’s presidential election proclaimed on September 1.

All parties required to report details of political research grants

The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on August 31 published each political party’s report on the FY 2009 policy research grants and receipts on how the money was used. Responding to the Japanese Communist Party’s longstanding efforts, the assembly from this year requires all parties to attach receipts on their expenditures repaid by tax money.