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