Subcontracted workers at Fukushima NPP sue TEPCO over hazardous duty pay

Four subcontracted workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant on September 3 filed a lawsuit against TEPCO, claiming that the plant operator pretends ignorance of the non-payment of hazardous duty pay.

Abe forms his Cabinet with members of pro-Yasukuni parliamentarians’ group

Out of the 19 ministers in the reshuffled second Abe Cabinet, 15, including Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, are members of a parliamentarians’ group supporting the major rightist group glorifying Japan’s past aggressive war and opposing gender equality.

JCP secretariat head demands halt to base construction responding to Nago election results

The JCP Secretariat Head on the following day of the Nago election expressed his determination to work even harder to help bring about the establishment of an anti-base governor-led Okinawa in the gubernatorial election scheduled for November.