Changes must be made across a wide range of settings to overcome deeply rooted gender roles and achieve gender equality, Rengo head Tomoko Yoshino said in an interview. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/04/economy/rengo-head-gender-equality/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #rengo #unions #women039sissues #jobs
Japan’s Feb. 8 snap election will test whether Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and the LDP can rebuild a Lower House majority by reclaiming conservative and independent voters as it faces a fragmented opposition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/03/japan/conservative-voters-returning-to-ldp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #cdpj #komeito #cra #jip #dpp #sanseito #sokagakkai #rengo #shinzoabe
The political parties joining forces to form the the Centrist Reform Alliance are neither centrist nor true reformers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/27/japan/japans-new-centrist-reform-alliance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #centristreformalliance #cra #komeito #cdp #ldp #sanaetakaichi #tetsuosaito #dpj #yurikokoike #partyofhope #jip #sanseito #rengo #sokagakkai #dpp
The head of Japan’s biggest business lobby warned the impact of U.S. tariffs on the nation’s industry needs to be carefully monitored, as formal wage negotiations between employers and labor unions get underway. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/27/economy/tariffs-keidanren-wages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #wages #keidanren #rengo #donaldtrump #tariffs #japaneseeconomy
Japanese labor leader Tomoko Yoshino said Friday that she aims to secure wage hikes in the 5% range for a third consecutive year in spring labor talks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/23/rengo-leader-wage-hikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #rengo #unions #jobs #wages #tomokoyoshino #inflation #shunto
Growth in Japan’s base salaries held firm even as nominal wage gains decelerated sharply, sending mixed signals to the Bank of Japan two weeks before authorities next meet to decide policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/08/economy/base-pay-november/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #wages #kazuoueda #sanaetakaichi #rengo
The Liberal Democratic Party’s Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki said having the Democratic Party for the People join the ruling bloc would help achieve “political stability.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/07/japan/politics/dpp-ldp-rengo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #dpp #ldp #nipponishinnokai #rengo #tomokoyoshino #unions #yuichirotamaki #shunichisuzuki #cdp #yoshihikonoda #sanaetakaichi
Labor leader Tomoko Yoshino has expressed opposition to a proposal by the government to give legal validity to the use of former surnames after marriage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/japan/rengo-surname-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #familylaw #marriage #names #women039sissues #rengo #tomokoyoshino
The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, adopted a plan to demand a pay increase of 5% or more in annual spring wage negotiations next year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/28/economy/rengo-wage-hike-shunto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #rengo #wages #shunto #inflation #japaneseeconomy #jobs #unions
If Japan can’t keep up its wage-hike momentum, that has implications for Sanae Takaichi’s tenure and the central bank. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/23/economy/rengo-wage-hike-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #rengo #japaneseeconomy #wages #boj #sanaetakaichi #inflation
As negotiations intensify over who will lead Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party and major opposition forces must consider the policy preferences of their core supporters before striking any deals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/politics/support-groups/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #dpp #komeito #unions #rengo #sokagakkai
The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, is considering keeping leader Tomoko Yoshino in office for a third term. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/japan/politics/yoshino-third-term/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics#rengo #tomokoyoshino #shunto #wages
With Tomoko Yoshino's second term as president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, the umbrella organization for labor unions in the country, set to end next month, all eyes are on whether she will seek a third. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/japan/politics/japan-rengo-head-yoshino-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics#rengo #tomokoyoshino #ldp #cdp #dpp #2025upperhouseelection
Japan’s annual wage negotiations concluded with the largest pay increase in 34 years, an outcome that supports the central bank’s view that a cycle of higher wages and prices is emerging. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/03/companies/japan-2025-wage-hike-biggest-in-34-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #wages #japaneseeconomy #inflation#rengo