Support young workers to improve low birthrate

Japan’s birthrate stood at 1.39 in 2011, and the number of children born last year fell by 2,606 to a record low 1,050,698. The government should urgently implement appropriate measures to ease burdens on young workers and provide proper childcare support.

Japanese Brazilians want their voice to be heard by Japanese gov’t

The Shizuoka-based group requested that the government provide an opportunity to hear the testimonies of second generation Japanese Brazilians first hand so that the government understands the hardships encountered by Brazilians of Japanese descent whose parents came to Japan to work.

5 JCP candidates elected in Okinawa prefectural assembly election

The Japanese Communist Party in the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly election maintained its strength by securing 5 seats while the Democratic and the Liberal Democratic suffered losses as the Noda Cabinet sticks to the construction of a new U.S. base and the Osprey deployment to Okinawa.