NOV 21-NOV 27 JPS NEWS

*Japanese Communist Party Central Committee 3rd Plenum

JAPAN'S SUPPORT FOR 'ANTITERRORISM WAR'
*SDF ships sent disregarding Afghan situation and supporting possible attack on Iraq
*Citizens protest against JMSDF ships' departure for war
*Areas to be covered by SDF under SDF dispatch law is vague: JCP Dietmember

CONSTITUTION AND INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
*Many want Japan's non-military role
*Scholars and critics speak up in defense of constitutional principles

NUCLEAR-FREE MUNICIPALITIES
*Non-nuclear cooperation increases between grassroots movement and local governments

BSE/CJD
*Second mad cow disease case found in Japan with infection route unidentified
*Government is responsible to give relief to all CJD victims -- Akahata editorial, November 21 (excerpts)
*Government urged to accept swift CJD settlement

WORKERS RIGHTS
*JCP chair urges prime minister to take measures against violation of workers' human rights
*JCP branch inspired workers to fight-back

*Working women's 46th assembly examines work rules and mental health
*Labor standards bureau director says pressuring workers to quit is illegal
*Workers are beginning to fight back at Matsushita's TV plant

HEALTH INSURANCE
*3.9 million households are unable to pay national health insurance premiums

SMALL COMPANIES
*JCP in Diet demands government act to stop major companies' bullying of suppliers

EDUCATION
*Education minister asks education law to be reviewed

YOUTH
*Democratic Youth League decides to double DYLJ branches

ELECTION
*JCP-recommended mayor re-elected in Osaka's Kishiwada