JCP calls for proportional representation election system

The Japanese Communist Party on April 3 in a meeting of secretaries general of political parties proposed that the House of Representatives election system be changed to one adopting only the proportional representation system.

Bangladeshi ex-trainee sues for unpaid wages

A 24-year-old female former trainee, who came from Bangladesh under the state internship program, filed a lawsuit over her unpaid wages with the Kyoto District Court.

Radioactive water escapes from Fukushima plant

The recent leak of radiation-contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has again shown that the government’s declaration in late 2011 that the nuclear accident has been brought under control is out of touch with reality.