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2009 FEBRUARY 4 - FEBRUARY 10 Shii urges government to stop large companies from firing temporary workers Questioning the government at the House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo said, "Large corporations put the interests of large shareholders, seeking easy profits, before the interests of workers who labor diligently. Isn't this corruption even by capitalist standards? Won't this also deprive corporations of their own future viability?" 'Bikini Day' events will be start of new efforts toward 2010 NPT Review Conference Taka Hiroshi, Japan Council against A & H Bombs secretary-general, talks about the meetings and workshops to be held in Yaizu City, the homeport of Daigo Fukuryu Maru, as well as in Shizuoka City, to commemorate the Bikini tragedy and renew the commitment to increasing the movement to get nuclear weapons eliminated from the world. Former newspaper sales agent employees join JCP Three former newspaper sales agent employees joined the Japanese Communist Party in January in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture. They had run away from the manager's violence, low wages, and other harsh working conditions, when they discovered the JCP. They are now actively involved in party activities. ................................................................................................................................ DIET  Shii urges government to stop large companies from firing temporary workersShii says ministers' responses to his questions can be used as a step to further struggleSmaller businesses, not large corporations, need government help: JCP Yoshii................................................................................................................................ BIG BUSINESS Toyota makes 12.8 trillion yen in surplus in Apr.-Dec. periodFavorable response to Shii's call for Diet testimony by big business................................................................................................................................ PRIME MINISTER Self-sustaining growth?: Akahata column, 'clear stream, muddy stream'Aso's irresponsible 'change of mind' remark about postal service privatization causes repercussions................................................................................................................................ NURSING CARE JCP proposes 4-point reform in nursing-care system................................................................................................................................ LABOR Government shelves basic labor rights for government employeesZenroren unions carry out publicity action demanding that large corporations protect jobs by using internal reservesAviation workers hold seminar on air safety and public benefit................................................................................................................................ ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS 'Bikini Day' events will be start of new efforts toward 2010 NPT Review Conference................................................................................................................................ ENVIRONMENT Lawmakers inspect Okinawa's Awase Tideland to save coral reef just in time................................................................................................................................ SDF Peace activists urge defense ministry to revoke its decision to send SDF ships to Somalia................................................................................................................................ U.S. FORCES Kadena Town assembly calls for removal of U.S. F-22A fightersPort calls by nuclear-capable U.S. warship at A-bombed Nagasaki cannot be permittedOtaru citizens reject U.S. ship visitJapan to pay part of costs of construction of U.S. Marine Corps facilities on GuamU.S. Navy seaman arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run in Nagasaki................................................................................................................................ TERRITORIAL QUESTION JCP Vice Chair Ishii says territorial talks with Russia must be based on reason................................................................................................................................  JCPFormer newspaper sales agent employees join JCPShii meets with ambassador of Mexico |
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