Japan Press Weekly

(February 25 & 26, 2016)

Parents-doctors network calls for free medical service for children

(February 19, 2016)

JCP efforts contribute to lowering nursing-care costs of disaster victims

(February 14, 2016)

Expensive public health insurance premiums endanger people’s lives

(January 15, 2016)

Yamanashi Prefecture will provide free daycare services to families with two or more children

(October 23, 2015)

Gov’t should not cut schooling subsidies for needy children

(October 2, 2015)

Court: oldest child can go to daycare even while mother is on parental leave for 2nd child

(September 17, 2015)

JCP Tamura calls for improvement in welfare benefit system in order to encourage poor students to go to university

(July 16, 2015)

Majority of single-parent families living in poverty

(July 3, 2015)

More than 62% of families having difficulty making ends meet

(June 29, 2015)

12,800 elderly penalized for nonpayment of nursing-care insurance premiums

(June 26, 2015)

Mothers in Tokorozawa sue city gov’t for discriminatory childcare policy regarding child-rearing leave

(June 10, 2015)

Create policies in the public interest for ending declining birthrate

(May 30, 2015)

Cuts in pension benefits are unconstitutional: pensioners

(May 22, 2015)

JCP Hatano calls for more evening junior high schools

(May 17 & 18, 2015)

Meeting held for development of sports for disabled

(May 15, 2015)

Intractable disease patients express concern over revision of medical insurance system

(May 8, 2015)

56 died due to being too late to see doctor because of poverty

(April 17, 2015)

Number of hospital closures triples in five years

(April 15, 2015)

Stop penalizing municipalities for providing children’s free medical care: JCP Koike

(April 8&9, 2015)

JCP calls on gov’t to cancel plan to slash housing assistance for households on welfare

(April 4, 2015)

Debts of freshmen in private universities hit record high

(March 19, 2015)

Hakodate City will cut national health insurance premiums by 5,400 yen per person

(March 16, 2015)

Disabled’s application for pension benefits unfairly dismissed due to doctor shortages

(March 12, 2015)

90% of disaster evacuees calling for reinstatement of free medical program

(March 11, 2015)

JCP Shimizu: plan to pay welfare benefits with prepaid cards only benefits credit card companies

(February 13, 2015)

570K signatures requesting more housing aid for 3/11 victims submitted

(February 11, 2015)

Gov’t policy to confine dementia patients in hospitals provokes public anger

(February 10, 2015)

Introduction of small-sized classes shows remarkable results in Yamagata

(January 9, 2015)

People on welfare protest planned slashes in welfare benefits

(January 9, 2015)

Democratic medical organizations call for increase in compensation for nursing-care facility operators

(January 7, 2015)

Half of special nursing-care homes in Tokyo are shorthanded

(November 26, 2014)

Elderly with disabilities call on state for better care services

(November 21, 2014)

Pushed by civic group, state urges local gov’ts to reduce public housing rents for the needy

(November 5, 2014)

Childcare workers demand that state improve public childcare system

(October 26, 2014)

Doctors sound alarm on shortage of obstetricians in 9 prefs

(October 26, 2014)

Finance ministry proposes ending promotion of small class sizes for public schools

(October 24, 2014)

3,200 workers rally in protest against cuts in social services

(October 18, 2014)

155K signatures opposing pension cuts submitted to gov’t

(October 13, 2014)

PM Abe’s inconsistent policy on child poverty

(October 8, 2014)

JCP issues proposal calling for improvement in scholarship program

(September 26, 2014)

Gov’t should take measures to handle responsibly people with dementia

(September 17, 2014)

Japan’s low education budget places financial burdens on students

(September 13, 2014)

Many children still on waiting lists for authorized daycare centers

(September 10, 2014)

Gov’t insists on people’s self-help self-care efforts

(September 3, 2014)

Local JCP contributes to expanding free medical service for children

(September 2, 2014)

Child poverty program is most pressing task in Japan

(August 19, 2014)

State should fulfill its own responsibility of promoting health and longevity

(August 13, 2014)

Meeting held in Osaka to defend welfare recipients’ right to live

(August 4, 2014)

Welfare recipients receive less benefits

(August 2, 2014)

Crowded after school day-care facilities may threaten children’s safety