Japan Press Weekly

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.

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

 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

Marine in Okinawa arrested for drunk driving

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

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 Koike granted the highest rank of ‘3-star lawmaker’