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2009 JANUARY 14 - JANUARY 20 Sending SDF to Somalia on 'anti-piracy mission' is unjustifiable: Akahata editorial Prime Minister Aso Taro wants to send SDF warships to Somalia and pave the way for new legislation to allow the SDF to take part in defending foreign ships and use force, if necessary. It is outrageous for the government to cling to the SDF dispatch plan. Shii on Obama inauguration In a published comment on the inauguration of the new U.S. president, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo stated: "We will attentively look to the type of change President Obama might pursue in implementing domestic and foreign policies. Regarding Japan-U.S. relations, we would like to draw the new U.S. administration's attention to the urgent need to replace the present relationship of domination and subservience with one based on equal rights." Mahathir supports 'Nuclear-Free World' campaign Representatives of the Japan Council against A & H Bombs (Japan Gensuikyo) and the Japan Confederation of the A & H Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) visited Kuala Lumpur and met with former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and received his signature in support of the ongoing campaign "For a Nuclear-Free World". ............................................................................................................................. POLITICS  Ichida: Keidanren places orders with LDP and DPJKeidanren urges ruling LDP and opposition DPJ to hold policy discussion............................................................................................................................. DIET LDP-Komei-controlled Lower House railroad through supplementary budget billConsumption tax hike will be inserted into tax-related billJCP proposes 4 opposition party meeting about the drastic revision of the Worker Dispatch Law............................................................................................................................. SDF  Sending SDF to Somalia on 'anti-piracy mission' is unjustifiable: Akahata editorialGovernment considering sending P3Cs to waters off Somalia along with destroyerU.S. and Japanese military forces integrating control capabilities through 'Yama Sakura 55'............................................................................................................................. U.S. FORCES IN JAPAN Peace Committee urges government to withdraw demand for ejection of protesters and give up helipad plan for U.S. forcesStop the maintenance of U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at Yokosuka............................................................................................................................. OBAMA INAUGURATION JCP Chair Shii comments on Obama presidencyHibakusha sends call of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Obama............................................................................................................................. LABOR IN STRUGGLE Union wins direct employment for Japanese-Brazilian workerDay of action held calling for corporate responsibilityNTT West workers win compensation for unjustifiable transfersYoung JCP supporters provide labor counseling on the streetsTemporary workers at Toyota-affiliated auto parts establish union to force employer to cancel dismissalJCP-led movement pushes local government to act to secure jobs............................................................................................................................. HEALTH INSURANCE More than 20% cannot afford to pay health insurance tax170,000 elderly in arrears with new medical insurance premiums............................................................................................................................. RICE IMPORTS Over 200 local assemblies adopt a petition demanding cancellation of 'MA rice' imports............................................................................................................................. ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS Hibakusha call on Health Ministry to speed up recognition as A-bomb-caused illness sufferersMahathir supports 'Nuclear-Free World' campaignJapan's anti-nuclear delegation discusses abolition of nuclear weapons with Malaysian foreign ministry official............................................................................................................................. EARTHQUAKE 14 years after Great Hanshin Earthquake............................................................................................................................. JCP JCP Chair Shii holds talks with CPV External Relations Commission headJCP chair sends best wishes for Vietnamese New Year |
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