Victim of dismissal, harassment, unpaid holidays and overtime etc? More than 90% of foreign workers in Japan are hired on fixed-term contracts (30% for Japanese workers), a status that offers none of the job security of permanent workers. Lack of security includes one's contract not being renewed or outright dismissal, even in the middle of the contract etc Join the March 5th … [Read more...] about UPCOMING ACTIVITIES/下記活動は今後数週間に起こるでしょう
International Suit Filed Against Cops for Ignoring Mom’s Pleas
Since even the US Supreme Court has declined to hold police accountable for enforcing restraining orders, one extreme case of officers “shirking” the duty is headed to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.Jan 5 - No one denied that the murder of the three little girls by their father was a tragedy, but a dispute over whether the government shared responsibility for … [Read more...] about International Suit Filed Against Cops for Ignoring Mom’s Pleas
Is Japan REALLY a democracy? Peace campaigners locked up for free speech
The media in nominally democratic countries like Japan and the U.S. like to quote poliicians who talk about the lack of democracy in countries such as China or Burma. But the onus is on those who decry the lack of "democracy" in other countries to demonstrate their own commitment to it. Locking peace activists away for more than two months, as Japan has done in the case of … [Read more...] about Is Japan REALLY a democracy? Peace campaigners locked up for free speech
Understanding the Anti-WTO Protests (from Japan Focus)
From APEC to WTO: trajectories of protest in Korea and East AsiaBy Jamie Doucette and Owen MillerAngry protests in Busan, South Korea during an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference there in November have alarmed Hong Kong police preparing for a mid-December World Trade Organization ministerial conference. Hong Kong police fear that the some of the groups … [Read more...] about Understanding the Anti-WTO Protests (from Japan Focus)
WTO meeting in Hong Kong: Our World is not for sale!
by Vandana ShivaThe WTO Ministerial at Hong Kong has already failed. For the corporate world it has failed because smaller, poorer developing countries are starting to have a say in outcomes of WTO negotiations. With the backing of peoples power on the streets they walked out of the Seattle and Cancun ministerial, exercising the highest power in democracy, the power to say … [Read more...] about WTO meeting in Hong Kong: Our World is not for sale!