Idea that women and not men do the housework still deep-rooted in Japan

It is often claimed that as more and more women enter into Japan’s workforce, Japanese men are more enthusiastically engaged in child rearing activities and domestic chores than in the past. However, in reality, most of housework is still done by women.

SDF in Djibouti attempts to intimidate base workers protesting over unfair dismissal

Japan’s Self-Defense Force units based at Djibouti, under the name of anti-piracy activities in waters off Somalia, gave a show of force to Djibouti workers at the SDF base who waged a struggle against unfair dismissals, Akahata has learned.

Axis of political confrontation is whether to defend Article 9

The axis of political confrontation is between the LDP plus its supplementary forces seeking to change Article 9 of the Constitution and pro-constitution opposition parties allied with the Civil Alliance.