This is FAKE, going on strike by offering free public transportation is not common in Japan. The media refers to a very specific case in the city of Okayama. In Japan, all transport companies are private. A new local company came to compete with them (which is the game, my poor Lucette, when we want to privatize). And this new bus line is cheaper! The drivers of Company A decided to make free trips for a FEW HOURS as a symbolic "protest" against the arrival of the competitor. We are not talking about a decline in social rights, but an economic war between two private companies. This sounds like a masterly com hit for company A. Any claims? Not really. A rejection of capitalism in Japan? It is far, but really far ... Anyway, the slightest way out, it is the dismissal that hangs in their noses.

money talks, if only a protest were to take place that would cost Trump money, then he'd listen.

In Australia they do the same.

France please please please take note!!

I like this, hit them where it hurts, that is their pockets.

I have never experienced that the 40 years I have lived in Japan.

So smart!

of course!

Any Brazilians around to join me in staring at this picture and feeling it on a deep level?

In my country it's like: school finals/exams are coming, public transport "we are on a strike!"

This is an impressive way to make a point........ WOW.

While I believe that there are worse kinds of protests, I believe that this kind of protest is aiding and abetting theft unless the drivers have the permission of the transportation company owners to use their assets and resources. I do not like mob actions which bully rights away from others.

Fascinating concept.

The same happened in Lisbon Portugal, many years ago and the strike lasted two days.

True or not, and whether you think this is good or bad, this is not what 'going on strike' means. Providing goods or services as an employee and not charging for it, without permission from your employer, is theft.

What a great way to protest!

I love Japan....

Yes

Great idea! Now how do we make it spread the world over?

This could work at Burger King ! SiSim --

There is a difference between a protest and a strike. Moreover companies can still get money if they do advertisements over the buses or getting grants from municipalities. The point of the strike (or one of the points) is not to "hurt" but to provoke national solidarity so people can organize more successfully and if one day YOU need to strike people would support your effort and will not think of you as a scum, who is hurting the "customers" by following his selfish interests against a corporate elite.

Our unionists see pay, conditions AND TIME OFF, the last one being the most important

Tickets are often sold on 'prepaid' basis in Japan, so we must not generalize. Ella Fraticelli

Love this,more union members should look into this and see if it would work for them.

Japan is truly civilized, given that they don't have a Trump locking up the dissidents; let's see how this Supreme Court (America) guts the unions so as to make them mere puppets of Trump and his evil lackeys.

That's a great way to strike. European countries should take note!

Yep, but the problem is that most of the public transport uses prepay tickets and monthly tickets, the tickets sold by the driver represent a very small (very very small) percentage, so this kind of protest won't affect any company and as result, won't have any effect!!! This post is very misleading. It's only a way of Divide and Conquer!! All the "Anti-Strike" in the world appreciate that....

Yes that's how protest should be done! Without compromising on everyday people's lives.

This is perfect!

Bart? Do you hear this Bart?

unusual nation indeed... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/30/japanese-hunters-kill-120-pregnant-minke-whales-during-summer-months-report

Love it!!

This is how it’s done

good one!

Wow!! Great idea!

If just more people could use their brains the way the Japanese do....

An excellent way to strike!!

Excellent!

Send this to the unions!

This is an awesome idea!

Go drivers, they know how to hit the bosses where it hurts, their pocketbooks!

This is not how strikes work. You don 't work, you don't get your wage, you claim your rights.

Wish the French who strike at the drop of a hat would do the same..... mais mmmmmm non, rien de rien i hear th3m say🤦🏻‍♀️

happens in aus aswell

Best. Protest. Ever. Free bus rides for everyone for like a month! It was cool cause you would pay the same amount for a 5-block ride and a whole citywide tour: nothing! (I was on vacation there at the time)

They do this in Ottawa Canada when there ticked off about something .