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Yoshino re-elected as Rengo president

Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2025, after a regular convention where she was re-elected for a third term as head of the country's largest labor organization.

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Yoshino re-elected as Rengo president

Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2025, after a regular convention where she was re-elected for a third term as head of the country's largest labor organization.

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[breaking News]Yoshino re-elected as Rengo president

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 8 Kyodo - Tomoko Yoshino raises her fist while delivering a speech at a regular meeting of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2025, after being re-elected for her third term as president of the country's largest labor organization, known as Rengo. (Kyodo)

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Yoshino re-elected as Rengo president

Tomoko Yoshino raises her fist while delivering a speech at a regular meeting of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2025, after being re-elected for her third term as president of the country's largest labor organization, known as Rengo.

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Yoshino re-elected as Rengo president

Tomoko Yoshino raises her fist while delivering a speech at a regular meeting of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2025, after being re-elected for her third term as president of the country's largest labor organization, known as Rengo.

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Yoshino re-elected as Rengo president

Tomoko Yoshino addresses a regular meeting of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2025, after being re-elected for her third term as president of the country's largest labor organization, known as Rengo.

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Yoshino re-elected as Rengo president

Tomoko Yoshino addresses a regular meeting of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2025, after being re-elected for her third term as president of the country's largest labor organization, known as Rengo.

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Japanese Trade Union Confederation meeting

Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation commonly known as Rengo, attends a regular meeting of the labor organization in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2025.

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Japanese Trade Union Confederation meeting

Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, speaks at a regular meeting of the labor organization known as Rengo, in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2025.

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Welfare ministry official acquitted in postal abuse case

OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 24 Kyodo - Atsuko Muraki (L), former director general of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry's Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau, holds a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 10, 2010, with her lawyer Junichiro Hironaka after the Osaka District Court acquitted her of instructing a subordinate to fabricate and issue an official document for an organization in an attempt to abuse a mail discount system for people with disabilities.(Kyodo)

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institutions staff to push back against Trumps control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM via Getty Images

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

Ric Grenell, special presidential envoy for special missions of the United States, speaks during a Kennedy Center Board dinner with US President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institution’s staff to push back against Trump’s control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump attends a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institutions staff to push back against Trumps control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM via Getty Images

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institutions staff to push back against Trumps control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM via Getty Images

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump in the viewfinder of a television camera as he speaks during a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institutions staff to push back against Trumps control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM via Getty Images

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles attends a Kennedy Center Board dinner with US President Donald Trump (not pictured) in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institutions staff to push back against Trumps control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM via Getty Images

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump attends a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institutions staff to push back against Trumps control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM via Getty Images

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institution’s staff to push back against Trump’s control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, during a Kennedy Center Board dinner with US President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institution’s staff to push back against Trump’s control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, during a Kennedy Center Board dinner with US President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institution’s staff to push back against Trump’s control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump in the viewfinder of a television camera as he speaks during a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institutions staff to push back against Trumps control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM via Getty Images

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, during a Kennedy Center Board dinner with US President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institutions staff to push back against Trumps control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM via Getty Images

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump arrives for a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institutions staff to push back against Trumps control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM via Getty Images

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump, center, during a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institution’s staff to push back against Trump’s control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, center, speaks as workers begin serving food during a Kennedy Center Board dinner with US President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institution’s staff to push back against Trump’s control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump, reflected in a mirror, during a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institution’s staff to push back against Trump’s control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institutions staff to push back against Trumps control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institutions staff to push back against Trumps control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institutions staff to push back against Trumps control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM via Getty Images

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

Sergio Gor, director of the White House presidential personnel office, during a Kennedy Center Board dinner with US President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institution’s staff to push back against Trump’s control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institutions staff to push back against Trumps control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump during a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institution’s staff to push back against Trump’s control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, during a Kennedy Center Board dinner with US President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institution’s staff to push back against Trump’s control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institution’s staff to push back against Trump’s control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institution’s staff to push back against Trump’s control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, left, speaks during a Kennedy Center Board dinner with US President Donald Trump, right, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institution’s staff to push back against Trump’s control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts Families of Fallen Officers, Announces Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. The Kennedy Center United Arts Workers said in a statement last week that they had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the institutions staff to push back against Trumps control of the organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Minister Hind Kabawat Visits Parts of Northern Syria

Minister of Social Affairs and Labor of Syrian Transitional Government, Hind Kabawat meets and talks with NGO members as she visits parts of northern Syria, including the camps for displaced people in the Idlib countryside and orphanages on April 28, 2025 in Idlib, Syria. The Minister discussed with the organization officials ways to enhance services provided to internally displaced Syrians and empower Syrian society in general and raise the level of qualified Syrians. Photo by Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Tomoko Yoshino (L, standing), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, speaks during a meeting with Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from R), the new leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Yoshihiko Noda, the new leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting with Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, speaks during a meeting with Yoshihiko Noda, the new leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Yoshihiko Noda (R, standing), new leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks in a meeting with Tomoko Yoshino (3rd from L), president of Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino (L) and Kenta Izumi, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to the press after holding a meeting in Tokyo on July 11, 2024.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino (L) and Kenta Izumi, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to the press after holding a meeting in Tokyo on July 11, 2024.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Kenta Izumi (R, standing), leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting with Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino (far L) in Tokyo on July 11, 2024.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino (back L) holds a meeting with Kenta Izumi (3rd from R), leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, in Tokyo on July 11, 2024.

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UN urges Malawi to join Global Coalition for Social Justice

STORY: UN urges Malawi to join Global Coalition for Social Justice SHOOTING TIME: May 1, 2024 DATELINE: May 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: BLANTYRE, Malawi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): REBECCA ADDA-DONTOH, United Nations (UN) country representative to Malawi 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): REBECCA ADDA-DONTOH, United Nations (UN) country representative to Malawi STORYLINE: Rebecca Adda-Dontoh, the United Nations (UN) country representative to Malawi, has urged the southeastern African country to join the Global Coalition for Social Justice that the UN established to guide policy decisions across the globe. The UN official made the appeal on Wednesday during the International Labor Day celebrations in Malawi's commercial city of Blantyre, where President Lazarus Chakwera was the special guest. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): REBECCA ADDA-DONTOH, United Nations (UN) country representative to Malawi "The UN through the International Labour Organization launched t

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May Day Rally - Dhaka

Bangladeshi garment workers and other labor organization activists participated in a rally to mark May Day or International Workers' Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 1, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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May Day Rally - Dhaka

Bangladeshi garment workers and other labor organization activists participated in a rally to mark May Day or International Workers' Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 1, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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May Day Rally - Dhaka

Bangladeshi garment workers and other labor organization activists participated in a rally to mark May Day or International Workers' Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 1, 2024. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM