Honda starts recruiting just after mass dismissals

Leading auto manufacturers began recruiting a large number of fixed-term contract workers just after they had carried out mass dismissals of temporary workers. The move sheds light on large corporations’ use of their workforce as an adjustment valve according to economic cycles.

‘Special zone’ scheme will destroy traditional fishing order based on sustainability

Akahata carries an interview with Hokkaido University Professor Emeritus Hiroyoshi Katsuji, who criticizes the corporate entry into the industry as a means to destroy the long-maintained local order of coastal fishing.

Local mayor and business deeply involved in NPP money

Genkai Town Mayor Kishimoto Hideo once approved the restart of off-line reactors at the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant in Saga Prefecture, ahead of other reactor-hosting municipal heads. Akahata Sunday edition found out that he has been deeply involved in a “community of interest” supporting the NPP for 40 years.