AUG 1- AUG 14 NEWS

=STRUGGLE AGAINST COUNTER CURRENTS=

Prime Minister Koizumi Yasukuni visit protested

JCP Shii: Prime Minister's Yasukuni Shrine visit is approval of war of aggression

True aim of "idealization of the war dead"-- Akahata editorial, August 1, 2001

Citizens organizations call on prime minister to cancel his visit to Yasukuni Shrine
Families want Koreans conscripted by Japanese army removed from Yasukuni Shrine

Cancel Yasukuni visit: JCP to prime minister

Tokyo's handicapped children to learn "New History Textbook"

S. Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Filipino peace organizations join together to call on Japanese government to reconsider history textbook and Yasukuni Shrine

=MOVEMENT TOWARDS A WORLD FREE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS=

2001 World Conference against A & H Bombs shows a great current for
anti-nuclear peace from Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- Akahata editorial, August
10, 2001

Overseas delegates

International Meeting held

Declaration of the International Meeting

Ogata Yasuo speaks on behalf of JCP

World Conference - Hiroshima

World Conference - Nagasaki

"Global Hibakusha" Forum for a Nuclear-Free World

Lively discussions held

Hiroshima citizens mark atomic bombing

Nagasaki mayor criticizes 'super power' for unilaterally avoiding agreement
for nuclear disarmament


=LABOR=

Matsushita and NEC announce massive personnel cut plans

Matsushita Electric, 'father of lifetime employment' now wants 5,000 to quit

District labor commission rules printing company's transfer of union leader
to be illegal


=ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION=

Nagoya air-pollution suit settled out of court in plaintiffs' victory

Polluting companies apologize for air pollution in Nagoya

=BUDGET=

In 2002 budget request, spending for people's livelihood will be uniformly
cut by 10 percent


=JCP=

JCP leaders speak on 79th founding anniversary

JCP chair speak to Rengo union officials

JCP Shii talks with China's new Ambassador to Japan Wu


=WORLD CONF. AGAINST A & H BOMBS=

2001 World Conference against A & H Bombs
Declaration of the International Meeting


Statement on problems relating to Japanese History Textbook
and Prime Minister's Yasukuni Shrine Visit


Int'l meeting
2001 World Conference against A & H Bombs-International Meeting opens

Speech by Sekiya Ayako, member of the Committee of Chairpersons of the Organizing Committee of World Conference Against A and H Bombs

Speech by Ogata Yasuo, member of the Committee of Chairpersons of the Organizing Committee of World Conference Against A and H Bombs, director of Japanese Communist Party International Bureau, House of Councilors Member

Speech by Tanaka Terumi, secretary general of the Japan Confederation of A- & H-Bombs Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo)

Speech by Kwak Kwin Hoon, plaintiff of the Lawsuit on applying Relief Law to Atomic Bomb Victims Abroad, Republic of Korea