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Tozen supports Anti-nuclear demonstration in Tokyo.
Today 2nd June 2013, thousands of angry people gathered at Tokyo Parliament and expressed their opposition to nuclear plants. Nearly 25,000 people from different prefectures came to Tokyo to participate in a rally. Tozen members joined the rally.
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Precedent backs (nearly) equal pay for equal work
In 2012, Japan had 51.73 million workers, of which 33.3 million were regular employees, or seishain, according to the latest survey by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Contingent, or nonpermanent, workers (including part-timers, haken dispatch and shokutaku semiregular employees) numbered 18.43 million, over 35.5 percent of the workforce. When I first began studying labor law in graduate school…
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New law: no dues, no visa
An article from July that concerns every foreigner working in Japan. Are you enrolled in Shakai Hoken or did Interac tell you you weren’t eligible? Are you going to have to pay up to two years of back pay into the system next year because Interac/Maxceed did not register you into the system when you…