With no increase in the base wages, Japan won’t get out of deflation

Major auto and electronics makers in this year’s spring labor offensive have offered no increase in the base wage because their Rengo-affiliated unions shelved a request for it.

Court acknowledges Mazda’s use of temporary workers as illegal

The Yamaguchi District Court on March 13 acknowledged that 13 former temporary workers of Mazda Motor Co. have full-time employment status at the company, judging the automaker’s use of temporary workers to be illegal.

TEPCO tries to release radioactive water into ocean

Tokyo Electric Power Co. is attempting to discharge an increasing amount of radiation-contaminated water into the ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.