Japan Press Weekly
[Advanced search]
 
 
HOME
Past issues
Special issues
Books
Fact Box
Feature Articles
Mail to editor
Link
Mail magazine
 
   
 
HOME  > Past issues
List of Past issues

Gay worker in Hyogo wins right to equal treatment in his workplace

A gay worker in Hyogo Prefecture has succeeded in persuading his employer to provide him with the same treatment as a married straight person.

Unions ready for this year’s spring labor-management wage negotiations

Labor unions working closely together in Tokyo gathered at a rally and resolved to win substantial pay hikes and stable jobs in the coming spring labor-management wage bargaining negotiations (Spring Offensive or Shunto).

JCP Koike: Gov’t should stop offshore work for Henoko base construction project

Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira criticized PM Abe for trying to use the Henoko base construction project to win U.S. President Donald Trump’s favor in the Japan-U.S. summit meeting.

POLITICS
PM Abe’s ‘world map’ shows only the United States
4 opposition parties together submit bill to improve financial support to livestock farmers
JCP Fujino: ‘Conspiracy bill’ will lead to creation of surveillance society
JCP Kasai denounces Abe gov’t for allowing early resumption of US Osprey flights
Abe’s ‘new approach’ is useless in solving territorial dispute with Russia: JCP Hatayama
editorial End Abe politics putting absolute priority on Japan-US alliance
PM Abe trying to curry Trump’s favor with job creation plan
Okinawa governor calls for American public support for anti-US base fight
JCP Koike: Gov’t should stop offshore work for Henoko base construction project
US FORCES
Marine in Okinawa arrested for drunk driving
LABOR
Tamura: Dentsu uses ‘work hour self-report system’ to evade overtime rules
President of company in violation of labor laws appointed as member of Labor Ministry panel
Labor bureau begins probe into labor law violations by low-cost travel agency
Unions ready for this year’s spring labor-management wage negotiations
Proportion of non-regular workers hits all-time high
Keidanren exec firms force workers to work overtime exceeding danger line of death from overwork
SOCIAL ISSUES
Korean residents in Japan should return to their homeland: DHC chairman
Tokyo 2020 organizing committee urges planned golf tournament venue to terminate female membership ban
Gambling-induced economic loss could be five times more than economic ‘benefits’
Gay worker in Hyogo wins right to equal treatment in his workplace
JCP
JCP Koike granted the highest rank of ‘3-star lawmaker’


  
  Copyright (c) Japan Press Service Co., Ltd. All right reserved