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Young lawyers working to inform public of how fearful LDP draft constitution is

Japan’s young lawyers, using “manga” leaflets and picture-card shows, have been working to tell people how Japan’s society will change if constitutional revision as envisioned by the LDP is realized.

Oliver Stone will join World Conference against A & H Bombs

The organizing committee of the World Conference against A & H Bombs recently announced that American film director Oliver Stone will talk with Hibakusha in this summer’s conference.

Workers strike against IBM Japan’s ‘lockout’ layoffs

IBM Japan workers on June 3 went on strike against the tech giant’s continuing “lockout” layoffs. In the tactic, the company’s supervisors call workers just before closing time, notify them of their dismissal, and lock them out right away.

POLITICS
Dietwomen speak out against Hashimoto at Foreign Correspondents’ Club
Censure motion against Osaka mayor for his ‘comfort women’ remarks rejected
Bill to worsen livelihood protection system rammed through Lower House committee
JCP Ichida criticizes Hashimoto’s offer to host Osprey training
Gov’t should accept UN committee’s recommendation on ‘comfort women’ issue: JCP Ichida
US FORCES
JCP protests against US fighter’s crash off Okinawa
Drunken US airman arrested in Okinawa for vandalizing car
LABOR
Japan’s convenience store chain gives fake pay raise
Workers strike against IBM Japan’s ‘lockout’ layoffs
Child birthrate decreasing while non-regular workers increasing
ECONOMY
Fishermen call for measures to counter high oil prices
editorial NPP business puts profit before safety
Tofu makers in difficulties due to ‘Abenomics’
JCP
This week’s JCP international activities
WELFARE
JCP’s voluntary tutoring services welcomed in many places
Record found indicating Minamata disease also affected people outside Kumamoto
City halts forcible collection of national health insurance tax
NUCLEAR CRISIS
10,000 Fukushima residents use ADR to demand fair compensation from TEPCO
60,000 people gather in Tokyo seeking ‘zero nuclear Japan’
GREAT EAST JAPAN DISASTER
Residents work to maintain movie theater in tsunami-hit town
JCP calls on gov’t to support opening of community FM radio stations
ANTI-N-ARMS
Oliver Stone will join World Conference against A & H Bombs
WOMEN
Gov’t cancels plan to circulate ‘Women’s Handbook’
CIVIL RIGHTS
Court rejects married couples’ demand for right to separate surnames
Unregulated surveillance cameras increasing
Young lawyers working to inform public of how fearful LDP draft constitution is


  
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