Japan Press Weekly

Unionized non-regular workers at famous sushi chain ‘Sushiro’ go on strike for higher wages

Seeking to push Japan’s most famous kaitenzusi (conveyer-belt sushi) restaurant chain Sushiro to offer a substantial wage hike, non-regular workers have staged a strike at Sushiro outlets in various prefectures, including Miyagi and Tokushima.

  LDP ‘indecent feast’ exposes the party’s disrespectful regard of women

The LDP Youth Division in the Kinki region at its get-together in Wakayama Prefecture invited female dancers in revealing costumes and went on a spree. Photos of several attendees tipping the dancers by mouth were leaked, drawing a lot of criticism.

High court: ban on same-sex marriage is against equality under the law

Asked for a comment on the judgement, JCP Secretariat Head Koike Akira said, “It’s a landmark ruling that encourages those who have campaigned ‘for freedom of marriage for all’ and called for the legalization of same-sex marriage.”

JCP Yamazoe: Stop introducing Israeli-made drones, benefiting Israeli war industry

Foreign Minister to JCP Kokuta: Israel’s acts violate international humanitarian law

Yamazoe criticizes Kishida gov’t for putting mock brake on export of jointly developed next-gen fighter jets

Kasai joins in cross-party parliamentarians’ petition to Kishida gov’t for efforts to settle N. Korea abduction issue

Unionized non-regular workers at famous sushi chain ‘Sushiro’ go on strike for higher wages

IBM Japan’s refusal to explain unfairly-low wages for over 60-year-old workers ruled as illegal

High court: ban on same-sex marriage is against equality under the law

 LDP ‘indecent feast’ exposes the party’s disrespectful regard of women

Local body in quake-hit Ishikawa Pref. asks Nihi to help foreign workers continue working in fishing industry

JCP Motomura opposes hasty introduction of post-divorce ‘joint custody’

\260 million in relief donations for Noto earthquake victims entrusted to JCP

 Nissan bullied subcontractors by reducing its payments by more than 3 billion yen