Obtain 6.5 million votes to double Lower House seats: JCP 5th CC Plenum

The Japanese Communist Party in its 5th Central Committee Plenum decided on a target of obtaining more than 6.5 million votes to double the current 9 seats held by the JCP in the upcoming Lower House election.

IBM conducts forcible ‘lockout’ dismissals

IBM Japan supervisors call union workers around 5 p.m. right before closing time, give a notice of layoff on the grounds of “poor job performance,” and force them to leave the company right away.

TEPCO took no safety measures fearing anti-nuke movement

It has been brought to light that the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant neglected to take measures to prevent accidents for fear of intensifying citizens’ movements against nuclear power plants.