On the opening day of the 198th ordinary Diet session, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo called on JCP lawmakers to conduct Diet discussions that will pave the way for a JCP advance in the upcoming nationwide local elections and House of Councilors election.
Leaders of six opposition parties agreed to enter swiftly into negotiations for fielding a unified opposition candidate in all 32 single-seat constituencies in this summer’s House of Councilors election.
A local of the Japan Metal, Manufacturing, Information and Telecommunication Workers’ Union (JMITU) has succeeded in changing the so-called “36 agreement” and decreasing the upper limit on overtime to 80 hours per month.