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Myanmar: Subsidiary of Japanese brewery Kirin made donations to military during ethnic cleansing, says Amnesty: includes correspondence with company
Author: Amnesty International
Japanese authorities must urgently launch an investigation into payments that a subsidiary of the multinational brewing giant Kirin made to Myanmar’s military and authorities at the height of an ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya populatio...
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Japan: Labor game-changer?: Supreme Court smacks down illegal gaps in allowances paid to regular, nonregular workers
Author: Kyodo (Japan)
In a pair of rulings that could affect the government’s labor reform drive, the Supreme Court on Friday found illegal differences over the corporate allowances paid to regular and nonregular employees. ... [finding that] “unreasonable” disparities...
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Honda did not respond regarding Al-Haq's letter on the company's involvement in Israeli settlements
- Related stories: Palestine: Al-Haq: Honda is involved in Israeli settlements, Honda did not respond
- This is a non response from the following companies: Honda
Palestinian NGO Al-Haq expresses concerns about Honda's involvement in Israeli settlements; Honda did not respond
The Palestinian NGO Al-Haq has approached Honda to express concern regarding its franchise agreement with Mayer Cars and Trucks, Honda's official distributor in Israel. Al-Haq point out that Mayer operates a garage in a settlement near Jerusalem, and ...
Japan / Palestine: Department store removes Israeli settlement wines from wine fair after NGO raises concerns
Daimaru, a high end Japanese department store, removed wines made in Israeli settlements in Palestine from a large scale Mediterranean wine fair, subsequent to concerns raised by the Executive Committee of 15 Days Standing for Solidarity with Palestin...
Jordan: UNIDO-Japan collaboration seeks to provide training and job creation opportunities for refugees and host communities
Author: United Nations Industrial Development Organization
"Japan works with UNIDO to boost economic resilience in northern Jordan", 23 April 2018...
Palestine: Over 40 Asian NGOs urge UN to release names of companies profiting from Israeli settlements
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Japan: Homeless sue the state over forced expulsion as a result of Olympic construction
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Japan: Foreign ‘interns’ doing radioactive decontamination work at Fukushima
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Palestine / Japan: Honda cancels event in Israeli settlement: includes company response to NGO
Subsequent to concerns raised by civil society organizations in Japan and internationally, Honda cancelled a racing event it was sponsoring that had been originally been scheduled to take place in Petzael, an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Ba...