On September 1, the seventh hearing for Yoshiharu Tsuji was held at the District Labour-relations Board in Kanagawa Prefecture. 50 union members and supporters turned out for the hearing. This time Norio Kimura, the person who personally handed down the punishment, was cross examined. Kimura is the former Head of Personnel, JR Y

[Bangladesh news form New York] Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vowed Sunday that she would banish militancy from Bangladesh at any cost, making it a "Country of Peace" in South Asia. "There is no place for militancy in Bangladesh," she told journalists from ethnic Bangladeshi community in New York. "We do not want war w

[Bangladesh] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to address the United Nations General Assembly in Bangla on Saturday, between 8:00pm and 12:00am BdST, as the eighth speaker. "Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will be the second to address the general assembly in Bangla," Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, former permanent representative to t

The government will consider financial assistance to facilitate establishment of a private technical institute to train up the unemployed people, the labour and employment minister told parliament on Tuesday. "The government will consider financial assistance if any private entrepreneur moves to set up a technical institute for the training of the illiterate and half-educated unemployed people," Khandker Musharr

[Bangladesh] Workers of a readymade garment factory in Gulshan took to the streets on Saturday demanding salaries and Eid bonuses, causing traffic chaos. Some 200 workers of Textech, located on Chairman Bari Road, blocked the Airport Road junction for around half an hour at midday causing serious traffic jams in the area, says Gulshan Police Station sub-inspector Jahangir Alam. Police went to the spot around 12:

[Bangladesh] 'Baul Samrat' Shah Abdul Karim died on Saturday at the age of 93. The legendary bard and singer, with over a thousand folk songs to his name, passed away at a Sylhet clinic at 7:58am, doctors said. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep sadness at the death. "His passing away is an irreparable loss for Bangali

First, we welcome the change in the government. While poverty spread in the Japanese society, the coalition government did not commit itself to facing poverty and surrounding issues. Our lives became really hard after the government deregulated various laws such as Dispatch Law and cut social security by 220 billion yen yearly.