abstract:, which stands for , is the largest national trade union center in Japan, with over six million members as of 2011. Rengo website Rengo brochure 2010-2011 Retrieved on July 6 2012 It was founded in 1989 as a result of the merger of the Japan Confederation of Labor (Domei) and the Federation of Independent Labor Unions (Churitsu Roren).
During a televised meeting on December 1st, Nobuaki Koga, the head of Rengo, Japan's largest trade union confederation, begged Mr Kan to take public opinion more seriously.