Gov't workers' wages to be cut

Gov't workers' wages to be cut

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) receives an advisory from Takeshi Erikawa, president of the National Personnel Authority, on wages for central government workers at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. The personnel board proposed a 0.23% cut in monthly salaries for government workers in fiscal 2011 for the third straight yearly decline, leading to a 15,000 yen cut in their average annual salaries to 6.37 million yen.

Japan's wartime, postwar English texts reflect changing ideas

Japan's wartime, postwar English texts reflect changing ideas

Wakayama University professor Haruo Erikawa compares an English textbook during World War II (L) with one immediately after the war to analyze revisions enforced by the education ministry at the time in this photo taken on Oct. 27, 2014, at the university in Wakayama, western Japan. The alterations, such as changes of words and blackening out or removal of undesirable pages, reflect the values and ideologies the authorities of the time wanted to instill in Japanese students through language study. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Gov't workers' wages to be cut

Gov't workers' wages to be cut

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) receives an advisory from Takeshi Erikawa, president of the National Personnel Authority, on wages for central government workers at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. The personnel board proposed a 0.23% cut in monthly salaries for government workers in fiscal 2011 for the third straight yearly decline, leading to a 15,000 yen cut in their average annual salaries to 6.37 million yen. (Kyodo)