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Female on throne could marry foreigner, Hiranuma warns
[LDP lawmaker and former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma] warned the reform could corrupt the Imperial line, which he said has been the supreme symbol of Japanese national and ethnic identity for centuries. “If Aiko becomes the reigning empress and gets involved with a blue-eyed foreigner while studying abroad and marries him, their child may be…
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Court rules English language school Nova billed student illegally
English language conversation school operator Nova Co. illegally billed a student when it refused to refund her the full price she had paid for classes she didn’t take, the Kyoto District Court ruled. Presiding Judge Mizuho Ebi ordered Nova to pay the student the 176,672 yen she had sought when suing the company. http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20060131p2a00m0na011000c.html
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Settling labor disputes promptly
In April, Japan will introduce an “industrial tribunal system” to settle individual labor disputes, such as those involving dismissals, working conditions and reassignments. The purpose of this system is to settle disputes expeditiously by limiting the number of trial sessions to no more than three. The number of disputes involving labor relations has increased markedly…
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Kawasaki foreign residents’ panel has significant impact on city policy
“If a foreigner is admitted as a resident and has the right to vote, the consciousness of local assembly members, companies and communities will change and their discrimination against foreigners will decline,” he said. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20060103f3.htm
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Kosei Gakuen Girls High School Protest
Many thanks to Nambu members who made it all the way out to Chitosekarasuyama at 7:40am on Christmas Eve to protest the non-renewal of a member at Kosei Gakuen Girls High School. The high school has only one entrance, which made it very easy to hand out leaflets to the students as they arrived. The…
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Foreign worker ranks grow, diversify
A record high 198,380 foreigners were working in Japan as of June 1, up 10.2 percent from a year earlier, according to a recent survey by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry. A total of 144,891 were indirectly-employed workers, including temporary or contract staff, an increase of 9.4 percent, the ministry said. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20051224a8.htm
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Top court favors tenant in row over responsibility for wear and tear in apartment
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a public housing corporation should return the deposit it seized from a tenant to cover repairs in an apartment from normal wear and tear. http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20051216p2a00m0na021000c.html
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Begunto Trick-or-Treats with Berlitz in Omiya
Flash Demo at Berlitz Omiya Branch Teachers Disciplined For Trivial Reasons The disrequest system at Berlitz is just one example of threats to job security faced by teachers in the eikaiwa industry. HR representatives claim that a pattern of complaints concerning any particular instructor can lead to discipline, and that six to eight official disrequests…
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Historic Collective Bargaining with Interac
October 28, 2005 Nambu and the Nambu Interac Branch held its first ever collective bargaining with Interac management on Friday, Oct. 28 at 7:30 pm.
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Paid holidays
Is a part time teacher at a “senmon gakko” (ten 90-minute classes over three days) entitled to pro rata annual paid leave? A representative of the National Union of General Workers in Tokyo advises that, roughly speaking, those working less than 30 hours a week are eligible to “hirei-fuyo nenji-yukyu” (pro rata paid holidays). http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20050920a1.htm