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2008 APRIL 9 - APRIL 15 Stop U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier from being deployed to Yokosuka A citizens’ group in Yokosuka City submitted to the local Election Administration Committee more than 50,000 signatures bearing citizens’ call for an ordinance to hold a referendum on the planned deployment of a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the U.S. base in Tokyo Bay. Japan should take up the issue of abolishing nuclear weapons at G8 Summit Japanese Communist Party member of the House of Councilors Inoue Satoshi said that Summit agreements have been bound by the “non-proliferation” framework and that the agenda for the upcoming Toyako Summit only refers to the implementation of the goal of the NPT. JCP proposes the bill for revision of the Worker Dispatch Law The Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo said, “If we do nothing about employers treating workers as disposable units without respecting their human dignity, there will be no bright future either for workers or for Japan’s economy and society on the whole.” ................................................................................................................................ U.S. FORCES IN JAPAN  SDF men received training at U.S. bases in Okinawa 81 times in 3 yearsStop U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier from being deployed to Yokosuka: Akahata editorial New association established in Tokyo to consider U.S. Yokota Air Base issueOkinawans in Tokyo demand drastic review of Japan-U.S. Status of U.S. Forces AgreementJCP Dietmembers protest U.S. over frequent occurrence of U.S. military crimesOkinawa’s local assembly protests against U.S. forces’ accidental dropping of bombsCitizens rally in protest against U.S. serviceman’s murder of taxi driver................................................................................................................................ ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS Japan should take up the issue of abolishing nuclear weapons at G8 Summit: JCP InouePut N-weapons abolition on the G8 Summit agenda: GensuikyoHibakusha demands government apology and recognition of all plaintiffs with A-bomb related diseases................................................................................................................................ GLOBAL WARMING Symposium held to enact a new law to cut greenhouse gases................................................................................................................................ CONSTITUTION & CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS More people say ‘no’ to constitutional revision than ‘yes’Journalists protest against pressure to ban documentary filmSupreme Court restricts freedom of expression................................................................................................................................ PUBLIC BROADCASTER 'In a private capacity’ he attended political party: NHK official says................................................................................................................................ LABOR RIGHTS Part-timers file complaint for their unpaid overtime work to be paidJCP proposes the bill for revision of the Worker Dispatch LawPart-timers at pub-restaurant win late-night premiums in back pay................................................................................................................................ JCP JCP Ichida meets with Nepalese ambassadorAll 23 JCP candidates elected in 10 local assembly electionsJCP agricultural revitalization policy warmly accepted in Niigata |
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