US labor union visits Okinawa to learn about anti-US base movements

Seven officers of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) recently traveled around Okinawa to better understand Okinawans’ anti-U.S. base struggle.

Japanese union activists learn about South Korean labor movement

The National Confederation of Trade Unions (Zenroren) and independent unions held a gathering to which they invited Lee Jooho, chief of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) policy division, as a guest lecturer.

Shii speaks to opposition party executives on Senkaku territorial issue

JCP Chair Shii Kazuo, invited by the Diet affair chief of the largest opposition party, attended a meeting of opposition parties' executives in the Diet building and presented the JCP view on the issue of the disputed islands of Senkaku.