The Japan Federation of Newspaper Workers' Unions (Japanese: 日本新聞労働組合連合), better known by its Japanese abbreviation Shinbun Rōren, is a trade union representing newspaper journalists in Japan.[1]
Shinbun Rōren was founded on 30 June 1950.[2][page needed] It was affiliated with the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan (Sōhyō), and by 1958 it had 27,056 members.[3][page needed]. In 1960, Shinbun Rōren played an active role in the massive Anpo protests against renewal of the US-Japan Security Treaty, with journalists reporting on the protests as part of their job, and then joining the protests after they got off of work.[4] By 1970, membership had grown to 38,057[5][page needed] and reached 41,961 by 1985.[2][page needed]
In 1989, Sōhyō merged into the RENGO trade federation, but Shinbun Rōren decided instead to become independent.[2][page needed] As of 2019, it had 21,876 members.[6]