The Worker Cooperative Movement and Crises of Our Times
Emi Do and Matt Noyes, on working with worker cooperatives in Asia, and what role the worker cooperatives may play in building our movements and tackling the crises of our times.
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Japan’s palm oil power push is faltering
In 2011, Japan faced an unprecedented energy crisis after the Tohoku earthquake had devastated the country and badly damaged the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The country’s entire nuclear fleet – 54 plants in total – was shut down for safety reasons. For months, the country faced power shortages and the
Dirty Fight
Tokyo has created one of the world’s best sewage-management systems but unions warn of the impact of market-driven capitalism and climate change.
AI is running the lives of Delivery Workers in Japan
Every year, millions of people around Japan receive packages from Amazon. The packages arrive day and night and invariably in pristine condition. But few give much thought to the exhausted delivery worker.
“The last mile is the toughest part,” says Susumu Adachi (not his real name), who has been delivering
Why workers and communities oppose Japanese incineration in Southeast Asia
This article was chosen for Journalism Excellency Awards 2023 presented by Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and developed with the support of JournalismFund.eu .
Ever wondered why the world’s largest metropolis is so clean? Ask Watanabe Ayumu. One of Tokyo’s small army of waste collectors, Watanabe’s day
A Cut Above the Rest:Shibata Akari
Shibata Akari is one of a small number of female slaughterhouse workers in an industry steeped in discrimination and where workers were not even paid until the 1970s.
Stemming the Shecession and Shadow Pandemic under COVID in Japan
The pandemic has pushed women even further to the margins in Japan, exposing the systemic discrimination, as well as the lack of appropriate public services, especially for struggling women.
The president and chief executive of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, C. Nicole Mason coined the term “Shecession” to