Japan Press Weekly

JMITU union formed at Google Japan

The JMITU Alphabet Union branch demanded that Google Japan avoid dismissals without consent of those on the layoff list, make public its financial condition, and respond to the union's collective bargaining request.

Japan-US SOFA hampers Okinawa's PFAS investigation

Okinawans living near the U.S. Kadena base have been suffering ill health effects caused by the water contaminated with hazardous PFAS compounds. The Okinawa prefectural authorities suspect that the contaminated water is from the Kadena base.

  300 SDF bases will undergo major renovations to improve resiliency in case of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons attacks

Why is it that the improvement of military resilience is necessary? It is because the government assumes that Japan will come under attack in retaliation for a U.S.-led joint preemptive strike on other countries.

 FY 2023 budget bill aimed at huge arms buildup passed in Lower House

300 SDF bases will undergo major renovations to improve resiliency in case of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons attacks

Japan among top 3 buyers for 6 consecutive years of US weapons

Japan-US SOFA hampers Okinawa's PFAS investigation

JMITU union formed at Google Japan

148K signatures submitted calling for nationwide across-the-board minimum wage system

Unionized postal workers rally to demand substantial wage hikes and equal treatment for non-regular workers

Bill allowing use of 60-year-old and even over NPPs ignores lessons derived from Fukushima disaster: Kokuta

Pro-CEDAW activists urge PM Kishida to ratify optional protocol before G7 Summit

Anti-nuclear energy rally held in Tokyo

2023 Bikini Day rally held in Shizuoka