2005 OCTOBER 12 - OCTOBER 18 NEWS
3 POINTS ARE MISSING FROM ARGUMENTS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION
Japanese Communist Party Central Committee Chair Fuwa Tetsuzo spoke to the Japan National Press Club and said three important points are missing from the arguments of advocates of constitutional revision.
REALIGNMENT PLANS WITHOUT RESOLVING OKINAWANS' HARDSHIPS
The Japan-U.S. talks on realignment of U.S. forces in Japan are solely aimed at maintaining and strengthening the U.S. Marines and their bases in Okinawa in disregard of the unbearable burdens that Okinawans have been forced to endure for more than half a century.
KOIZUMI'S YASUKUNI VISIT CONTRADICTS HIS EARLIER STATEMENT
Japanese Communist Party Executive Committee Chair Shii Kazuo said, "If the government has a different view on the war, the prime minister should stop visiting the shrine."
YASUKUNI
 Ruling that prime minister's Yasukuni visits are unconstitutional finalized -- Akahata editorial, October 13, 2005
* Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine (October 18, 2005)
* Shii: Prime minister's visit is inconsistent with his earlier statement (October 18, 2005)
* Koizumi's Yasukuni Shrine visit draws protests (October 18, 2005)
CONSTITUTION
* Fuwa: 3 points are missing from arguments for constitutional revision (October 18, 2005)
DIET
'Small government'
* 'Small government' will only increase people's burden: JCP Ichida (October 17, 2005)
Postal bills
* Postal privatization bills made into law (October 15, 2005)
* Japanese and U.S. officials have regularly discussed Japan's postal privatization (October 14, 2005)
IRAQ WAR
* War can't do away with terrorism: Shii on TV (October 13, 2005)
U.S. FORCES
* Stop the night-time touch-and-go exercises (October 12, 2005)
* Shii criticizes plan to relocate U.S. Army Corps HQ to Camp Zama (October 14, 2005)
* UNESCO associations in western Japan warn against reinforcement of U.S. military base (October 15, 2005)
OKINAWA
* Negotiators are discussing realignment plans without resolving Okinawans' hardships (October 15, 2005)
* Pro-new U.S. base mayor gives up running for next election (October 18, 2005)
LABOR
* Deregulation has meant income losses and more accidents for taxi drivers (October 14, 2005)
* Former Highway Public Corporation workers win overtime pay (October 15, 2005)
* Rengo Convention reveals contradictions inherent in its pro-corporate, pro-DPJ stance (October 17, 2005)
* DYLJ and JCP support young people's career (October 17, 2005)
BUSINESS
* Business circle evaluates political parties' performance (October 12, 2005)
* Fukushima is the 1st prefecture to restrict inroads of big stores (October 14, 2005)
* Food service industry lobbies for U.S. beef imports (October 15, 2005)
ELECTION
* JCP in Ichinoseki City Assembly increases its share of seats - Post-merger election (October 12, 2005)
* All six JCP candidates are elected to Nagaokakyo City Assembly in Kyoto (October 9, 2005)
 JCP
* Shii offers Pakistani reconstruction assistance (October 10&12, 2005)
* JCP branches take to the streets to collect money for Pakistani quake victims (October 16, 2005)
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