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“Shunto” Spring Wage Talks Kick Off in Japan

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“Shunto” Spring Wage Talks Kick Off in Japan [Japan News] 27-01-2026


UA Zensen: Japan’s largest industrial union at a turning point [IndustriALL] 13-01-2026


Urgent action needed to reduce teachers’ workload and increase education funding [Education International] 10-11-2025


/ Japan A Festival of East Asia Labour Movements [Asian Labour Review] 05-10-2025


Pension reforms needed in Japan as women's work styles evolve [The Mainichi] 17-09-2025



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“Shunto” Spring Wage Talks Kick Off in Japan 2026-01-27 [Japan News]

Rengo says the environment for wage talks this year is not so bad 2026-01-27 [Investing.com]

Keidanren Vows to Lead Wage Hike Efforts 2026-01-20 [Nippon.com]

UA Zensen: Japan’s largest industrial union at a turning point 2026-01-13 [IndustriALL]

Global BWI and Japanese affiliates reaffirm partnership, forge stronger action for the new year 2025-12-11 [BWI]

Urgent action needed to reduce teachers’ workload and increase education funding 2025-11-10 [Education International]

Japan Western Australia Kwinana Grain Terminal lockout garners international attention with Japanese wharf union to report to ITF 2025-10-14 [Countryman]

Japan Zenkoku-Kowan letter of support for CBH Kwinana workers during lockout 2025-10-11 [MUA]

Japan East Asia LaborFest – Our Shared Struggles – Tokyo 2025-10-05 [Asian Labour Review]

Japan A Festival of East Asia Labour Movements 2025-10-05 [Asian Labour Review]

Pension reforms needed in Japan as women's work styles evolve 2025-09-17 [The Mainichi]

Japan Motorcycle firm union marks 100th day of strike for ‘living wage’ For more info  ActNOW!  2025-08-28 [Inquirer.net]

Japan Faces Demographic Crisis | Turns to Foreign Workers to Strengthen Its Economy 2025-08-15 [DD India]

Japan Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Never again 2025-08-11 [IUF]

Global 80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A renewed call for peace 2025-08-07 [UNI Global Union]

Global 'No one else should suffer like this': honouring the atomic people 80 years on 2025-08-06 [EPSU]

Japan Eighty years after the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, is the escalating arms race taking us further away from peace? 2025-08-06 [ITUC]

An Afternoon in Sendai: Youth Activism, Foodbank and Community Farm 2025-07-20 [Asian Labour Review]

Japan Kawasaki Motors Philippines' non-response to allegations For more info  ActNOW!  2025-07-07 [Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

Japanese firms take steps to protect outdoor workers as heatwave sizzles on 2025-07-07 [Reuters]

Japan Workers and union go on strike to demand living wage and benefits after unsuccessful CBA negotiations with employer For more info  ActNOW!  2025-05-22 [Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

Lim Sae Mi honors father on 'Kkokkomu' while addressing textile workers' rights 2025-05-01 [The Chosun Daily]

Companies focus on ‘bonding’ to keep young hires from quitting 2025-04-03 [The Asahi Shimbun]

Empowering educators with disabilities: The Japan Teachers' Union's commitment to inclusive education 2025-03-30 [EI]

Revitalizing rice industry with young workers 2025-03-25 [NHK World Japan]

UA Zensen reports wage hike for workers 2025-03-15 [Investing]

Firms offer over 5% wage hike for 2nd straight year: survey 2025-03-14 [Kyodo News]

Japan ranks 3rd worst place for working women in 2024 int'l ranking 2025-03-09 [Kyodo News]

Biggest union group demands highest wage hike since 1993 2025-03-06 [The Times]

Japan's metalworker unions demand record pay hike 2025-03-04 [JT]

Manufacturing sector union members demand record pay hike in 2025 2025-02-27 [Reuters]

Japan Campaigning Yazaki workers reach favourable agreement after company closes plants in Uruguay 2025-02-17 [IndustriALL]

VIDEO Asia Amazon DSP Drivers-The Hidden Cost of Free Shipping 2025-02-13 [PARC]

Real wages down for 3rd year in row as inflation strains budgets 2025-02-06 [Asahi Shimbun]

Firms urged to end 'maternity harassment' of foreign technical interns 2025-01-13 [The Mainichi]

Japan's education crisis: New survey calls for urgent action 2024-12-16 [Education International]

PM Ishiba calls on businesses for big wage rises next year 2024-11-26 [Reuters]

UA ZENSEN’s commitment to organizing part-time workers wins Breaking Through Award 2024-11-19 [UNI Global Union]

UA Zensen Union Aims for Continued 6% Wage Hike in 2025 2024-11-06 [Bloomberg]

India Exploring labour relations, social dialogue and union dynamics: Insights from India and Japan 2024-10-21 [UNI Global Union]

‘They refused to let me go’: Japanese workers turn to resignation agencies to quit jobs 2024-10-19 [Guardian]

Big wage increase sought by Japan’s largest union slightly underwhelms 2024-10-17 [The Times]

Largest labor union to aim for 5% or more pay hike next year 2024-10-17 [Today]

Largest labor union to aim for 5% or more pay hike next year 2024-10-16 [The Mainichi]

ITUC applauds Nihon Hidankyo's Nobel Peace Prize win 2024-10-15 [ITUC]

Japan Remembering Hiroshima: A call for a nuclear-free world 2024-08-07 [UNI Global Union]

Unions Just Secured The Biggest Pay Hike Since 1990 2024-07-04 [Finimize]

Pay hikes hit 33-year high driven by rising prices, labor shortages 2024-07-03 [Asahi Shimbun]

Nearly half of workers report 'customer harassment' in last 2 yrs: Japan survey 2024-06-06 [The Mainichi]

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This month in labour history

1-02-1947 On this date, the rival confederations Sanbetsu and Sodomei announced a national strike. Many unaffiliated unions join in over wage demands and the resignation of the government. [more]

4-02-1905 Wage tensions amid a wealth display by employers turn into an insurrectional strike lasting 3 days in the copper mines of Ashio, located a hundred kilometers north of Tokyo. [more]

22-02-1927 The first union for Korean casual labourers in Japan was formed: the Casual Workers' Union (Jiyü Rõdõsha Kumiai). [more]

23-02-1927 The first union for Korean casual labourers in Japan was formed: the Casual Workers' Union (Jiyü Rõdõsha Kumiai). It was organised by Korean anarchists Mun Seong-hun, Lee Si-woo, O Seong-mun, and others. [more]