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2014 July 16 - 22 [JCP]

Sunday Akahata wins journalism award for ‘black’ corporation series

The Akahata Sunday edition head office has received an award for outstanding journalism in a series of articles bringing the issue of “black” corporations to light.

The Japan Congress of Journalists (JCJ), consisting of about 800 journalists in Japan, on July 16 announced the winners of the 57th JCJ Awards.

Sunday Akahata received a JCJ award along with TBS Television, Nippon Television Network, and Toyo Keizai (publisher). Tokyo Shimbun was the Grand Prize winner.

The JCJ in giving reasons for awarding Sunday Akahata explained, “At first, only the Akahata Sunday edition was reporting on black corporations. As public awareness of the issue increasingly grew, other newspapers followed the lead of Akahata, which moved politicians and the administration to respond.”

“Akahata, in a longstanding campaign in the form of many exclusives and feature articles, named specific companies such as UNIQLO and Watami for being involved in extreme labor exploitation. It doggedly continued to expose the cruel working conditions at these workplaces. Its media coverage is worthy of special mention,” said the JCJ.

Past related articles:
> UNIQLO’s evil method to oppress workers revealed [October 13, 2013]
> Former shop manager discloses excessive workloads in fast food chain Lotteria [September 1, 2013]
> Workers under harsh working conditions create ‘Japanimation’ [June 17, 2012]
> Watami receives ‘Black Corporation’ award [June 27, 2011]