JOSHRC NEWSLETTER (ENGLISH EDITION)

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Our office has moved since 21th May 1998.
Please change our address to the new one whichi is shown below:
Z Bldg. 5F, 7-10-1 Kameido, Koto-ku, Tokyo 136-0071, Japan
FAX: 81-3-3636-3881

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The Japan Occupational Safety and Health Resource Center (JOSHRC) was founded on May 2, 1990 by local Occupational Safety and Health Centers around the country with a view to promoting and organizing nation-wide activities among itĠs affiliated organizations. This non governmental organization and its affiliated centers are supported by labour unions, victims groups, medical experts, attorneys and researchers in various areas. In order to encompass the local centers which are, on their part, dedicated closely to their particular local activities, JOSHRC carries on the following work:

1) Publishing a Japanese bulletin Anzen Center Joho (Safety Center Information) which provides information for members;
2) Organizing local Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) seminars, and helping local Centers and unions organize them;
3) Assist victims, and support local Centers in counseling victims;
4) Conduct surveys, taking advantage of established national networks;
5) Urging employers and administrative bodies to review and reform labor policies.

To these another important task must be added: to promote exchange and coordinate campaigns with OSH centers in different countries around the world. We have already collaborated with organizations in some Asian countries in campaigning about pneumoconiosis, karoshi (sudden death from overwork), and toy-workers problems. We also circulate information from overseas which may be useful to our member organizations here. As early as 1991 we begun to publish an English version of our Japanese bulletin, entitled Working Environment and Pollution Problems. Through this current JOSHRC Newsletter, which replaces that publication, we hope to provide up-to-date information about our activities to all who are interested.

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[REQUEST] Give us information about certification for pneumoconiosis-induced lung cancer

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No.19 July, 1999

Tottori Occupational Safety and Health Center

Proved carninogen : silicic acid dust

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No.18 Mar, 1999

Stepping on total elimination of asbestos use in Japan

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No.17 Jan, 1999

Strain Victims Officially Certified

Japanese And Other Asian Labor Organizations Participate In OSH Training Projects

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No.16 Aug, 1998

US Naval dockyard retirees question their employer's negligence

Marathon discussion with Ministry of Labor

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No.15 May, 1998

Karoshi--recently certified suicides from overwork

Introducing The Japan Occupational Safety and Health Resource Center
Interview with Director Furuya Sugio, from APWSL JAPAN, No.29, May 1998

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No.14 Mar, 1998

Pneumoconiosis in construction workers refocused

Japanese shipbreaking breaks workers in the Philippines

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No.13 Jan, 1998

New step toward building a network for monitoring TNC's

Survey conducted on health of postmen

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No.12 Nov, 1997

Vibration disorder in casting plant

Discrimination Against foreigners of Japanese ancestry

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No.11 Sep, 1997

Local activities of Japanese OSHCs (Kanagawa OSHC)

The long struggle of a coal miner -- A report on a collective check-up of retired miners

New chemical substance poisons reproductive organs -- 2-boromopropane (2-BP)

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No.10 July, 1997

Shipbuilding workers win suit on asbestos pneumoconiosis

Finger joint deforminity found among school kitchen workers

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INTRODUCTION TO JOSHRC

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E-mail joshrc@jca.ax.apc.org
Japan Occupational Safety and Health Resource Center (JOSHRC)
Z Bldg. 5F, 7-10-1 Kameido, Koto-ku, Tokyo 136-0071, Japan
FAX: 81-3-3636-3881