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2008 JUNE 25 - JULY 1


JCP proposes 3 changes Japan should make to prevent global warming
With the Group of Eight (G8) Summit set to open on July 7 in Toyako in Hokkaido, the Japanese Communist Party on June 25 issued a statement, gHow should Japan fulfill its international responsibility to stop global warming?h


JCP welcomes North Koreafs declaration of nuclear programs
Commenting on North Koreafs declaration, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo said, gThe JCP welcomes this move as a step forward toward making the Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons, based on the agreement reached in October 2007 at the six-party talks. The JCP strongly hopes that this process will help North Korea abandon its nuclear weapons program.h


Canon says it no longer uses temporary workers at its manufacturing workplaces
After inspecting a Canon plant in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo said, gIn our parliamentary and extra parliamentary struggle, we will continue to do our utmost to strengthen our movement to have companies employ contingent workers as full- time workers.h

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G8 TOYAKO SUMMIT
JCP Chair Shii calls for G8 Summit to discuss controlling rampage of speculative money
Shinfujin takes 5-point proposals to 5 Summit countries
G8 countries are called upon to take responsibility to deal with emarket failuref: Akahata editorial (excerpts)

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GLOBAL WARMING
JCP proposes 3 changes Japan should make to prevent global warming

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NORTH KOREA
JCP welcomes North Koreafs declaration of nuclear programs
Step up diplomacy to achieve denuclearization of North Korea: Akahata editorial (excerpts)

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ARTICLE 9
Panel proposes allowing Japan to exercise right of collective self-defense

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U.S. FORCES IN JAPAN
Court orders government to pay 146 million yen in damages for noise pollution at U.S. base in Okinawa

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CONSUMPTION TAX
Activists take to the streets to call for eNo consumption tax hikef

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HIBAKUSHA
Government defies Nagasaki court ruling in favor of Hibakusha

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EARTHQUAKE
Shii encourages quake victims

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ISAHAYA
Court recognizes Isahaya Bay reclamation has caused damage to fishing industry

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LABOR
Zenroren says government is doing too little to increase minimum wage
Revise Worker Dispatch Law now!: Akahata editorial (excerpts)
Canon says it no longer uses temporary workers at its manufacturing workplaces

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UNITED FRONT MOVEMENT
Kakushinkon holds its 28th General Assembly

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PEACE MOVEMENT
Japan Peace Committee holds its National Congress and calls for fight against U.S. aircraft carrierfs homeporting in Yokosuka

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TOKYO
Capital of ShinGinko Tokyo bank to be reduced

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JCP
JCP Shii and religious leaders hold meeting
1,000 people attends JCP symposium on agriculture in Hokkaido
JCP Ichida meets with Indiafs ambassador


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