2010 SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 5

Japan Press Weekly

Japan Press Service Co., Ltd. is the only news agency providing information of progressive, democratic movements in Japan

2010 SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 5

Ozawa will be indicted
The Committee for the Inquest of Prosecution on October 4 again judged that former secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan Ozawa Ichiro should be indicted over his political funds scandal. According to this decision made by the 11 committee members, Ozawa will be prosecuted.

One in every four workers falls into the poor
The number of workers with an annual income of less than two million yen reached 10.9 million, 324,000 up from 2008 and exceeded 10 million for the fourth year in row.

POLITICS
DPJ and LDP used huge amount of tax money for media blitz
Kan Cabinet's 'policy contest' to limit popular requests
Can't Kan hear people's criticism? - Akahata editorial
Develop closer ties with public and make full use of party Program in Diet discussions: Shii

US FORCES
Japan bears 700 billion yen in costs for US military in Japan

50 years of Japan-U.S. Alliance
Japan-U.S. alliance and SDF - Part II

TERRITORIAL ISSUE
The albatross and the merchant - evidence of Japan's claim to Senkaku Islands - Akahata 'Current' column
Okinawa adopts resolution in protest against Senkaku dispute

Exchange between residents of China and Japan regarding the history of Senkaku Islands - Akahata 'Current' column
Kasai: Gov't must insist internationally on Japan's sovereignty over Senkaku Islands

SCANDAL
What breeds prosecutors' collective cover-up of tampering with data?
Ozawa will be indicted

NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Denuclearization of Middle East: step toward a world without nuclear weapons - Akahata, editorial (excerpts)

WELL-BEING
Hospitals want 24,000 more doctors

LABOR
Court again rules on NTT West's unfair labor practice
One in every four workers falls into the poor

HISTORY
JCP lawmaker meets with Pingdingshan massacre survivors