Workers exploited under Amazon’s glory (Part 1)

Jeff Bezos, founder of the leading e-commerce retailer Amazon, was ranked number one in the 2018 Forbes list of billionaires. In a series of articles, Akahata will lay bare the fact that workers are being grossly exploited behind Amazon’s glory.

Okinawans support anti-base governor's decision

Several hundred Okinawans, after Governor Onaga Takeshi announced the repeal of a base-related landfill approval, massed at the plaza in front of the prefectural government office building in order to express their support for the governor's decision.

To hold Olympics during summer in Tokyo disregards athletes’ well being

Why did the IOC decide to hold the Olympic Games in the middle of the summer in Tokyo? A specially-appointed professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University said that it is in order to serve the interests of TV networks.