RENGO organized a gathering in Hibiya Amphitheatre on 15 November, with a slogan of "block the revision of health insurance law for the worse, realize job creation and establish the family responsibilities/work support law. Four thousands of union members and representatives of the opposition parties participated in the gathering in the rain.

At the opening President Washio insisted that personal consumption had not been recovered and the economic revival had not been actualized in workers' living conditions because of the insecurity about future and employment. "Workers' life is now in jeopardy in the restructuring process. The revisions of the Medical Insurance Law for the worse will a disincentive to the workers.