Allowing US access to Japan’s fingerprint database invades privacy: lawyer

Lawyers are criticizing a bill that will enable U.S. investigative authorities to access fingerprint information collected by the Japanese police as an invasion of privacy.

Non-regular workers lose 100 million yen in lifetime income

Non-regular workers earn over their lifetime 100 million yen less than regular workers do, Akahata estimated by using the wage survey data the Labor Ministry released.

Despite fierce criticism, Abe again offers ceremonial tree to military shrine

Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Yamashita Yoshiki on April 21 criticized PM Abe’s offering of a ceremonial tree to Yasukuni Shrine as undermining the post-war international order.