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  • National government employees’ wage to be reduced for second year in a row

    The National Personnel Authority on August 10 made a recommendation to the Cabinet and the government to cut the salaries and annual bonuses of national government employees for the second consecutive year.

  • Shii at Mindan’s ceremony pledges Japan-South Korea friendship

    On August 15, the Central Head Office the Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan) celebrated the “return to light” ceremony marking the 65th year of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japanese imperialism at the Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo. This year is also the centennial of Japan’s annexation of Korea by force.

  • POLITICS
  • DPJ leaders once sided with consumption tax hike opponents

  • US FORCES
  • JCP urges defense bureau to investigate often-flooding river within US base

  • LABOR
  • High court recognizes cause of ex-NTT employee’s death as overwork

  • National government employees’ wage to be reduced for second year in a row

  • Bar association calls for tighter regulations on use of fixed-term contract workers

  • WELFARE
  • Air raid victims call on government to enact aid law

  • HISTORY
  • Shii at Mindan’s ceremony pledges Japan-South Korea friendship

  • JCP statement commemorating 65th anniversary of WWII’s end



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