3,129 seek injunction to halt US flights over Futenma

A group of 3,129 people living in the vicinity of the U.S. Futenma base in Okinawa on March 30 filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction against U.S. aircraft flights.

Non-regular workers win Sony’s retraction of dismissals

Sony’s fixed-term contract workers in Sendai City have successfully forced the company to retract their dismissals supposedly necessitated by the negative impact on corporate profits due to the 3.11 disaster.

NISA advisors on stress tests paid by nuclear energy businesses

Four advisors to the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) which assesses stress tests conducted on nuclear reactors accepted approximately 16 million yen from nuclear energy-related corporations and organizations between FY2006 and FY2010.