Auto unions lodge demands for pay hikes in wage talks

Auto unions lodge demands for pay hikes in wage talks

TOKYO, Japan - Michiyuki Sato (R), chairman of the labor union at Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., hands the union's pay increase demand to Fuji Heavy Industries President Ikuo Mori (L) at the start of their annual wage negotiations at the company's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 14. Labor unions at other Japanese automakers also filed their pay hike demands to their management, effectively launching this spring's annual labor-management wage talks across the nation.

Auto unions lodge demands for pay hikes in wage talks

Auto unions lodge demands for pay hikes in wage talks

TOKYO, Japan - Michiyuki Sato (R), chairman of the labor union at Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., hands the union's pay increase demand to Fuji Heavy Industries President Ikuo Mori (L) at the start of their annual wage negotiations at the company's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 14. Labor unions at other Japanese automakers also filed their pay hike demands to their management, effectively launching this spring's annual labor-management wage talks across the nation. (Kyodo)

Woman in snow costume holding an umbrella

Woman in snow costume holding an umbrella

It was probably taken in a studio, but it shows well that Okosozukin was a winter protection from the cold. The woman holding a janome umbrella wears a Michiyuki coat. She wears Yukigeta (snow sandals). It is a typical outfit of a woman in winter. (The same as the photo numbered 1-9.)==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number40‐36‐0]

A woman wearing a hood of nobility

A woman wearing a hood of nobility

Although taken in a studio, this shows photograph how an okosozukin (a combination of hood and veil) serves to protect women from the cold in the winter. The woman is wearing a michiyuki coat and holding a Japanese umbrella.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number1‐9‐0]