NOV 28-DEC 1 JPS NEWS
*Japanese Communist Party Central Committee 3rd Plenum
Promise to reduce burden on Okinawans is still to be met
Naha City Assembly calls for government help for Okinawa's tourism
No terrorism, no foreign bases -- 2001 Japan Peace Conference
Appeal to the International Community for the elimination of terrorism, stopping military attacks and for the support to the people of Afghanistan -- towards a 21st century of peace and justice
International symposium held
JCP will vote for congratulatory message on birth of baby girl of crown princess
Suicides increase as corporate restructuring continues
Unemployment rate in October was record 5.4 percent
"Give us jobs" demonstration held in Tokyo
Vicious spiral of rising unemployment rate is product of corporate restructuring -- Akahata editorial, December 2, 2001
Increased phone consultations by those about to be restructured with labor lawyers
Children call for measures to prevent parents from killing themselves
Fukushima's Yamatsuri Town opposes government policy on municipal merger
Foreign ministry employees are dissatisfied with ministry settlement on 'secret money'
*Skilled small machinery makers rise to break through crisis
*U.S. jingoism can't deal with new developments: Shii
*New German minister to Japan visits JCP head office
*Gov't and ruling parties agree on heavier health insurance burden on workers
*Coordinated efforts by JCP and workers move labor office to direct Hitachi to pay overtime
*Japan's textile manufacturers say import curbs on towels will be in consumers' interests
*SDF now targets 15-year-old boys
*Citizens Organizations demand that Diet not approve PKO law revision bill
*Women's organization protests against Tokyo governor's insult
*Without debate, Lower House approves dispatching SDF warships to the Indian Ocean
*Fishermen disagree with dam construction plan, a blow to government
*Is this Self-Defense Forces' loyalty toward U.S. Forces? -- Akahata editorial, November 29, 2001
*Nago's new U.S. base will destroy coral reef