Industrial Casualties Increase in Japan

Industrial casualties in Japan have been on the increase as a result of the speeding up of labour intensity by the Japanese monopoly capital According to the official statistics, a daily average of 18 workers have died and more than 3,200 have been in industyja1 accidents. In the first three months of the year, there were 74 cases of serious accidents in the shipbuilding and chemical industries alone, with 145 workers killed and 274 seriously injured, These labour casualties result from increased labour intensity. For instance, in a big shipbuilding company in Tokyo, labour intensity is now 11 times that of five years ago. The same amount of work which needed eight months then, has to be completed in less than three months now under the same conditions, JAPAN-U.S, "SECURITY TRAY", § From"Nippon Keizai Shimbun" Japanese Prime hinister Sato His said that according to a joint statement signed by Lyndon Johnson and himself in January last year, the U.S. may use both conventional and nuclear weapons to defend Japan's security. The Japanese Foreign linistry is mapping out a programme under which Japan will toe the U.S. line to work-out a "non-proliferation treaty" aimed against China. Japan will also take an active part in the U.S. nuclear strategic plan. This programme holds that the consultation between Japan and the U.S. on the formulation of a nuclear armament plan, selection of targets(for nuclear strike) and the use of nuclear weapons is legal.