JULY 18-JULY 24 NEWS

=G-8 SUMMIT=
Shii on G-8 Summit in Genoa
Koizumi diplomacy in Genoa was a complete fiasco -- Akahata editorial, July 23, 2001

=ECONOMIC POLICY=
Non-performing loans and Japan's economy

=UPPER HOUSE ELECTION=
JCP Fuwa calls on 25,000 audience for support
Yasukuni Shrine on home page argues that Tojo Hideki and others are "not war criminals" but "martyrs"

=U.S. FORCES IN OKINAWA=
U.S. soldiers arrested for committing crimes in Okinawa and Misawa

=JCP CC CHAIR FUWA ON HISTORY TEXTBOOK=
Can we tolerate education which indoctrinates children into believing that japan fought a just war? -- On the core issue of 'new history textbook'

=SCANDAL=
Koizumi Cabinet is to blame for hushing up Foreign Ministry corruption -- Akahata editorial, July 18, 2001

=ECONOMY=
Why is U.S. urging Japan to dispose of bad loans

=REFORMS=
JCP releases counterproposal to Koizumi's reform of government corporations

=WASTEFUL PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS=
JCP proposes review of dam construction

=LEPROSY LAWSUIT=
Basic settlement reached on Hansen's disease suit