Chinese trainees win overall victory in ‘slave’ labor lawsuit

The Nagasaki District Court wholly acknowledged the fact that five Chinese trainees had been forced to work as “slave labor”, ordering a Japanese sewing company to pay them back pay and two million yen in compensation.

1,700 people participate in Bikini Day rally

On March 1, marking the 59th day of the U.S. H-bomb test explosion at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific, the annual Bikini Day rally took place in Yaizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, with about 1,700 people in attendance.

70% of LDP Dietmembers oppose TPP

Among 295 Liberal Democratic Party parliamentarians who won seats in the House of Representatives general election at the end of last year, 70% expressed opposition to Japan’s entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free-trade pact, Akahata revealed.