Publication

Rokin Banks’ responses to the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan

30 September 2020

Like any other country, the population and economy of Japan are badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The preliminary figures for real GDP in the second quarter of 2020 show a decline of 7.8%. Rokin Banks (a network of 13 union-led cooperative financial institutions) are well positioned to provide support and protect the livelihoods of workers and their families, given their 70-year-experience in building an inclusive society and advancing financial inclusion of workers. Read about the special measures that Rokin Banks have recently introduced in this short brief.

News

Cooperatives support recovery efforts from Typhoon Hagibis in Japan

22 October 2019

Cooperatives are supporting the efforts to recover from Typhoon Hagibis that caused tremendous damage in central and northern Japan.

News

Japan to support youth employment opportunities for refugees and host community in Mauritania

11 April 2019

The project aims at promoting economic self-sufficiency of refugees and peaceful coexistence with host communities through the development of employability schemes and decent jobs in infrastructure construction works.

News

Employment creation for youth to build sustainable peace in The Gambia: Launch of the employment-intensive construction works

17 October 2018

The project creates employment opportunities for the youth in The Gambia through ILO’s employment-intensive construction approach with a focus on equal and decent work opportunities

Press release

Japan to support youth employment to build stability and peace in The Gambia

23 March 2018

New project will support jobs for youth through infrastructure works with local resources, skills training and entrepreneurship promotion, with a strong focus on returnees and women.

Resource list

Fukushima nuclear accidents: Information resources

18 September 2015

Following a major 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami which struck north-eastern Japan on 11 March 2011, the Fukushima nuclear power plants have experienced equipment failures which caused a series of explosions, fires, injuries to the plant workers and emergency responders and radiation releases.

Press release

Japan allocates US$500,000 to help typhoon Haiyan livelihood recovery

27 November 2013

The Government of Japan and the ILO have allocated US$500,000 to help support the post-Haiyan response in the Philippines. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan has provided the funds under the ILO/Japan Fund for Building Social Safety Nets in Asia and the Pacific. The fund is to be used to support the recovery from natural disaster.

Natural disaster

Back to life after the great East Japan earthquake

01 April 2013

Residents of a city devastated by the 2011 tsunami pick up the pieces, showing just how crucial jobs are in times of disaster-recovery.

Event

Expert Group Meeting and International Symposium on Employment-led Post-disaster Recovery

On 14 March, in Morioka, Japan, experts from governments, workers’ and employers’ organisations from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan and the Philippines met to discuss about lessons learned and good practices from the tsunami and earthquake in Japan.

Press release

ILO & Japan sign agreement to support natural disaster recovery in Asia-Pacific

12 June 2012

The ILO and the Government of Japan have signed a new Framework for Cooperation agreement that will assist Asia-Pacific countries in dealing with the effects of natural disasters and strengthen the role of employment in early recovery and reconstruction.