Kagoshima governor to demand suspension of Sendai NPP operation

The newly-elected Kagoshima governor at his first press conference expressed his intent to demand that the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in the prefecture be immediately halted to undergo thorough safety inspections.

Zenroren resolves to put end to Abe’s runaway policies and win substantial minimum wage increase

The National Confederation of Trade Unions (Zenroren) adopted a two-year action program which seeks to win a bottom-up wage increase focusing on a minimum wage hike, block constitutional revision, and achieve a 1.5 million membership.

Additional economic stimulus measures highlight Abenomics’ failure

In the Upper House election campaign, PM Abe repeated that his economic policies have borne fruit. However, the fact that his government has no option but to take desperate measures shows that the recovery of the real economy has yet to be achieved.