Hibakusha protest against Japanese government’s objection to UN resolution on NWC talks

Hibakusha said that they were appalled to hear that Japan, the only A-bombed nation, opposed the UN resolution to launch negotiations on a Nuclear Weapons Convention.

Japan votes against UN nuclear weapons-free resolution

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo issued a comment criticizing Japan’s vote as “shameful” and welcomed the adoption of the resolution as an important step toward outlawing all nuclear weapons and establishing a world without nuclear weapons.

Dentsu was certified as ‘worker-friendly company’

Japan’s major advertising agency Dentsu, where a 24-year-old worker committed suicide from overwork, has been certified by the Labor Ministry as a “worker-friendly” company.