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Killing of union leader puts spotlight on workers’ abuse in Bangladesh
Friday, September 22, 2023
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TOKYO: The killing of a Bangladeshi union chief in June has brought into focus the conditions of workers and workers’ rights in Bangladesh, particularly in garment factories producing branded goods for foreign outlets, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Shahidul Islam was the Gazipur president of the Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation (BGIWF), an independent union federation. According to police, he and other representatives met with offi...
Mitsubishi starts electrolysis hydrogen production
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
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TOKYO: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have announced that electrolysis hydrogen production has started at Takasago Hydrogen Park, the world's first integrated hydrogen validation facility at MHI's Takasago Machinery Works in central Japan.
Mitsubishi Power aims to improve product reliability through the validation of hydrogen co-firing and 100 percent hydrogen firing of gas turbines, while also expanding through the introduction of next-generation hydrogen production tec...
Economist Sheard explains how some government debt doesn’t have to be repaid
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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TOKYO: “Government debt doesn’t have to be repaid per se,” economist Paul Sheard said in a press conference in Tokyo on Tuesday September 19.
The former Vice Chairman of S&P Global was talking about Japan’s debt to itself. While the Japanese government has an enormous debt of around $10 trillion, around half of that is to itself. Sheard used the example of a husband and wife in the same household. One or the other could borrow and pay the bills, but it’s all the s...
Russian film festival screens Japanese anti-nuclear film
Thursday, September 14, 2023
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TOKYO. A film festival in Russia screened an anti-nuclear movie called “Sadako’s Crane” at the Amur Oblast Film Festival as part of a section called “Japan Cinema Days.” It was organized by the Eurasian International Film Festival within the 21st Autumn Amur Film Festival.
The film, directed by MASUYAMA Rena and TARUTANI Daisuke, related the tale of Sadako, a 12-year-old girl who died from leukemia as a result of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, and Shi...
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