Let me apologize up front for tackling an issue that is not purely about labor per se. […]
Pop quiz: Which of these types of government worker has the right to strike — tax inspectors, schoolteachers, firefighters or public health workers? Answer: None of the above, thanks to an Occupation-era law designed to tamp down the influence of communism. | KYODO
I research labor law and teach it to university students. In the first class, I break […]
On May 4, a tiny cafe in Tokyo’s Koenji neighborhood was transformed into an informal meeting […]
Eleven years ago, baseball players walked off the field in protest for the first time in […]
By Hifumi Okunuki Illustrations by Time O’Bree Japan’s old calendar called December shiwasu (師走). These two kanji mean […]
Story originally published in Japan Times A new specter hangs over Japan: the specter of insecure […]
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20121016lp.html   Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 By HIFUMI OKUNUKI I had a labor consultation with a […]

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