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2009 MAY 13 - MAY 19 U.S. government appreciates JCP Chair Shii's letter on elimination of nuclear weapons Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on May 19 made public a letter he received from the U.S. government in response to his April 28 letter calling on U.S. President Barack Obama to take the initiative for starting international negotiations to conclude a treaty to abolish nuclear weapons. DPJ's election for party leader is far from convincing the public If the Democratic Party of Japan continues to provide excessively favorable treatment to large corporations and the financial circles, it will be unable to deal with the immediate problems that the majority of the public needs to solve even if it can take power. Japan to use 610 billion yen for a bogus 'relocation' of U.S. Marines to Guam from Okinawa In the May 1, 2006 Japan-U.S. Roadmap for Realignment Implementation, the Japanese government agreed to provide 6.09 billion dollars of the estimated 10.27 billion dollars as the facilities and infrastructure development costs for the III MEF relocation (8,000 Marines and their 9,000 families) to Guam. ........................................................................................................................................................................ FOR A NUCLEAR-WEAPONS FREE WORLD  U.S. government appreciates JCP Chair Shii's letter on elimination of nuclear weaponsText of the letter from the U.S. governmentJCP Vice Chair Ogata meets with Cuban ambassadorJCP Vice Chair Ogata meets with Egyptian ambassadorJCP Vice Chair Ogata meets with Venezuelan ambassador........................................................................................................................................................................ SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET Shii says supplementary budget does not help improve people's livelihoods and nation's economy........................................................................................................................................................................ DEMOCRATIC PARTY Ichida criticizes DPJ for its inability to come clean and make attempt to end party corruptionFormer DPJ leader Ozawa appointed as acting presidentAppointing Ozawa as acting president, the DPJ follows old-LDP politics Democratic Party's election for party leader is far from convincing the public: Akahata editorialNew DPJ leader says it's okay to start discussing constitutional revisionScholars' analyses shows DPJ as ambivalent and immature........................................................................................................................................................................ POLITICS Shii: Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary's resignation shows Aso Cabinet as incurableCorporations bought government policy of promoting 'eco-point' system: Akahata 'window' column........................................................................................................................................................................ JAPAN-U.S. MILITARY ALLIANCE Diet approves U.S. Marine Corps 'relocation' to Guam from OkinawaJapan to use 610 billion yen for a bogus 'relocation' of U.S. Marines to Guam from OkinawaFormer U.S. defense official urges Japan to play greater military roleOver 80 percent of U.S. servicemen committing crimes in Japan not prosecuted........................................................................................................................................................................ SDF Dispatching P3C patrol aircraft to areas off Somalia marks new stage of SDF missions abroad: Akahata editorialJCP urges SDF to cancel plan to send quick reaction forces to Djibouti........................................................................................................................................................................ LABOR Foreign workers in Japan are rising upCourt determines firing contract workers within contract term is unjustNon-regular workers sue Nissan over dismissalsMajor restaurant chain agrees to compensate for a non-regular restaurant manager's death from overworkWorkers hold rally and demonstration calling for overhaul of Worker Dispatch LawJCP to cooperate with airline workers' unions on safe air transportationFixed-term contract workers at Nagahama Canon launch their own union and demand full-time positions........................................................................................................................................................................ NUCLEAR POWER 'We are not guinea pigs for pluthermal power generation!' |
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