NCED - the National Coalition for Equality and Diversity - a network of unions and anti-discrimination activists who have joined forces to fight unfair discrimination in the workplace, in the housing market, at the onsens - wherever we find it - was established at the 5 Unions meeting held on December 4th at Nambu. This coalition links activists from Hokkaido to Kyushu, with members in Nagano, Iwate, Nagoya, Osaka, and the Tokyo area, and will enable us to organize events such as the March in March on a nation-wide scale, as well as to coordinate efforts to fight discrimination through the courts and other venues.