The planning committee for "Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants: Actions by Ten Million People" issued an appeal on July 28 for participation in the Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants Action Week. The action week, planned for September 11-19, is to commemorate the sixth-month time since the Great East Japan Earthqua

The TMEB Houi Net, a citizen's networking group for containment of unlawful moves of the Tokyo Metropolitan Education Board held a rally on July 24 at Bunkyo Kumin Center, Tokyo, with some 160 participants. The rally was to denounce two unjust rulings regarding coercion of the controversial national anthem Ki

The Tokyo Metropolitan Education Board held on July 21 a "training" to prevent recurrence of disobedience to its notice of 2003 that demanded upstanding while the national anthemn is played during ceremonies at prefectural schools. Three out of seven teachers who refused to stand up while Kimigayo was played

Representatives of the International Longshor's and Warehouse's Union visited the All Japan Dockworkers' Union (Zen Kowan) and All Japan Seamen's Union respetively on July 18 and 19 and handed over relief money. The two Japanese unions have lost some members due to the earthquake and tsunami disasters that hi

“I’m single and moved here alone,” a woman in her 50s said. “I have been opposed to the nuclear power plant. People have treated me like I was a weirdo ever since I spoke up.” The evacuee from Futaba doesn’t think that TEPCO workers make any sense. She has no choice but to stay at the evacuation c

Journalist Takashi Uesugi spoke live on Labornet TV on July 7 of the intention of the government, TEPCO and media companies to conceal and control information at the time of nuclear power plant explosion and radiation contamination. Uesugi explained on air how independent journalists pursued their right to k

Workers at a Japanese style bar “Aji-no-Kurahachi” joined a Freeta Union after their employer failed to pay their wages and they were stranded for money. They began running the business, located in western Tokyo, on their own in March. The members were left with just enough money for commuting to work i

Some 20,000 people participated in “A Rally to Call for Zero Nuclear Plant” on July 2. The rally held in Tokyo’s Meiji Park was called for by Ikuro Anzai, Tetsuya Iida, Etsuko Ichihara, Toshie Negishi, Shuntaro Hida, Reiko Yukawa, as well as Actress Sayuri Yoshinaga. More than 70 farmers from Japan Fami