The leader of Japan’s largest labor union group urged Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government to do more to fight inflation to help ensure that workers’ wage gains outpace increases in the costs of living. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/25/economy/rengo-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #reno #unions #wages #tomokoyoshino

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