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Throughout Japanese history, a number of strikes, labour disputes, student strikes, hunger strikes, and other industrial actions have occurred.

Background

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A labour strike is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. This can include wildcat strikes, which are done without union authorisation, and slowdown strikes, where workers reduce their productivity while still carrying out minimal working duties. It is usually a response to employee grievances, such as low pay or poor working conditions. Strikes can also occur to demonstrate solidarity with workers in other workplaces or pressure governments to change policies.

20th century

1920s

• 1921 Mitsubishi-Kawasaki strike, in the port of Kobe.

1930s

• Shunjuen Incident, in 1932.
• 1933 Singer Sewing strike, strike by sewing workers of the Singer Corporation.

1940s

• Toho strikes, from 1946 to 1948.
• February 1 General Strike, in 1947.
• 1947–48 Kawasaki strike
• 1948 Hokkaido rail strikes

1950s

• 1951 Mitsukoshi strike, strike by Mitsukoshi workers, the first strike by workers at a major department store in Japan.
• 1952 Japanese miners' strike

1960s

• Miike Struggle, in 1960.
• 1968–1969 Japanese university protests

1970s

• 1973 Japanese transit strike
• 1974 Japanese transit strike

21st century

2000s

• 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment
• 2007 US military bases in Japan strike, strike by Japanese workers at US military bases in Japan.
• 2007–2008 Berlitz Japan strike

2020s

• 2023 Sogo & Seibu strike - strike at the flagship Seibu Department Store in Tokyo in protest over the store's sale to the American Fortress Investment Group, representing the first strike at a major department store in Japan in over 60 years;

See also

• Labor unions in Japan

References

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11. "LEWIS SENDS $10,000 TO JAPANESE MINERS". The New York Times. 16 December 1952. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
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