Osaka mayor defends assemblyman over fabricated anti-union data

Osaka City Mayor Hashimoto Toru keeps defending an assemblyman of the mayor’s own party “Osaka Ishin-no Kai” who presented fabricated information to the city assembly with the intent of attacking a city workers’ union.

JAL plans to hire new employees while cutting numerous jobs

Japan Airlines on April 9 announced its plan to hire 200 new employees as cabin attendants while having conducted massive dismissals of pilots and cabin crew.

JCP Yoshii criticizes TEPCO’s unilateral raise in electric rates

Japanese Communist Party Yoshii Hidekatsu on April 12 demanded that the government order Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) to cancel the unilateral increase in electric rates by threatening its customers with cutting their electricity supply.