This bulletin contains information on law changes that have either passed, or are being discussed, in parliament, court decisions, and other labor issues in Japan that are of interest to activists.
In this bulletin:
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to Mandate Workers’ Accident Compensation Insurance – Small-Scale Businesses Also Covered – Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- LDP’s Sanae Takaichi Elected Prime Minister – First Female Prime Minister in Constitutional History
- Prime Minister Requests Consideration of Labor Regulation Deregulation in Instructions to MHLW Minister
- Japan Post Issues Notice Prohibiting “Punitive Bicycles” – Bicycle Delivery Even on Extremely Hot Days
- Employment Contract with Dental Hygienists Valid for On-Site Dental Examinations – Chiba District Court
- Tokai University Hospital Receives Corrective Action Order – Labour Standards Inspection Office Issues Order for Doctors’ Long Working Hours and Unpaid Wages
- Foreign Residents Reach Record High of 3.95 Million – First Half of Year Shows Increase of 180,000 from Year-End
- Sudden Forced Deportations, Parent-Child Separations – What Has Changed Under the “Zero Illegal Residents Plan”
- Junior Colleges Training Nursery Teachers Cease Recruitment One After Another – Daycare Centers Say “We Can’t Support Society”
- Ordinance Establishing 50% Overtime Wage Premium Passed – Applies to 3,400 Kochi Prefecture Employees, First in Nation
- Wage Increases at Record High 91.5% – Base-Up at Over 50% – MHLW Survey
- Rengo Demands Wage Increase of “5% or More” – Maintains High Level, Responds to Rising Prices – Promotes Gap Correction – 2026 Spring Wage Offensive