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2009 FEBRUARY 11 - FEBRUARY 17 JCP Chair Shii encourages union leaders to fight mass layoffs using existing laws Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo emphasized the importance of invoking the current laws in fighting mass layoffs without waiting for the Worker Dispatch Law to be revised. In no sense was postal services privatization a 'reform': JCP Koike On an NHK 'Sunday Debate" program aired on February 15, Japanese Communist Party Policy Commission Chair Koike Akira criticized the government in connection with discord within the cabinet over the issue of the privatization of the postal services. Radical change is required to get out of Japan's minus growth of 12.7%: Akahata editorial The government should immediately stop the business community from arrogantly throwing people's livelihoods and the country's economy into a vicious circle. The need is for the government to thoroughly amend the worn-out policy of making money from exports or foreign demand at the expense of the household economy. ................................................................................................................................ DIET  JCP asks other parties to cooperate to force corporate heads to testify in DietJCP proposes redrafting national budget................................................................................................................................ ECONOMY  Radical change is required to get out of Japan's minus growth of 12.7%: Akahata editorial................................................................................................................................ LABOR JCP Chair Shii encourages union leaders to fight mass layoffs using existing lawsUnionists hold rally demanding that Toyota secure jobs for workers and suppliersSymposium held to discuss ways to prevent mass dismissals of contingent workersHonda contingent workers form a labor union................................................................................................................................ NATIONAL FOUNDATION DAY Rallies held against 'National Foundation Day'................................................................................................................................ GLOBAL WARMING It's time for Japan to fulfill its international responsibility to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions: Akahata editorial................................................................................................................................ SCANDAL Consultancy firm president and others involved in construction of major Canon plants arrested for avoiding taxesArrested consultancy firm president took 500 million yen in slush funds from Kajima Corp'Arrested suspect boasted of his pull with Canon President Mitarai'................................................................................................................................ POSTAL SERVICES Suspicions deepen on sale of Kanpo no Yado inns: Akahata editorialIn no sense was postal services privatization a 'reform': JCP Koike................................................................................................................................ U.S. FORCES IN JAPAN Serious crimes by U.S. soldiers increasing in OkinawaPeace organizations protest against U.S. destroyer's collision with private boat................................................................................................................................ ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS World Conference against A & H Bombs to be held as historical event toward NPT Review ConferenceHibakusha say they want to relate to President Obama their tragic stories................................................................................................................................ TOKYO JCP issues Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election policyJCP criticizes Tokyo's bid for 2016 Games |
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