Secretary-general Toshiko Kanda of Consumers Japan invited to the Cabinet Office "Economic Welfare Council" that had been held on July 20 clarified the preparation to make "Consumer Organization Japan" started as a new organization to brings cases against companies in September.
It becomes the first organization in a central group while a new group to bring a case as the group lawsuit in various parts of Japan is born.
Consumer groups lawsuit is a system that gives the qualification that brings a case the prohibition claim lawsuit of the malfeasance to the consumer groups that protects victim's profit when a lot of people such as consumers and local populace receive a little sum or the diffusing damage by the malfeasance of the enterprise.
However, Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) that had enormous influence in the government and the Diet objected, and showed passive posture to the introduction , saying that "When the group lawsuit was introduced, the anxiety to the abuse lawsuit is the strong between the member enterprises of Federation of Economic Organizations. There are a lot of opinions with 'A careful discussion is necessary' in the introduction" in council of that.
JCPRESS schedules to publish details in the issue on the Japan consumer newspaper, in Japanese, on August 1 and the 15th.