Japan Press Weekly

(July 14, 2014)

Japanese society still maintains sexist ideology

(July 9, 2014)

High court finds hate speech demonstrations illegal

(July 9, 2014)

Science Council of Japan calls for women’s minimum age for marriage to be raised to 18

(June 24, 2014)

LDP sexist assemblyman pledged to ‘respect’ women’s rights

(June 20, 2014)

Top Court approves SLAPP suit seeking to defeat residents’ opposition to US helipad construction in Okinawa

(June 20 and 21, 2014)

Cross-party Tokyo assemblywomen protest against sexist jeering

(May 20, 2014)

Court rejects investment company’s claim in SLAPP

(May 18, 2014)

Growing number of municipalities invite people to inform on ‘unfair’ welfare recipients

(May 14, 2014)

In memory of Kodama Yuji, leader of leprosy patients’ movement

(April 21, 2014)

Allowing US access to Japan’s fingerprint database invades privacy: lawyer

(April 17, 2014)

Victim of wartime oppressive act calls for repealing State Secrecy Law

(April 16, 2014)

Ogata at anti-wiretapping rally talks about his experience being bugged

(April 13, 2014)

Racial discrimination goes against the spirit of Buddhist pilgrimage

(April 9, 2014)

Osaka City Mayor Hashimoto again insults women with sexist comment

(March 29, 2014)

Freelance journalists take state secrecy law to court

(March 28, 2014)

Supporters’ efforts lead to court decision to free death-row convict

(March 6, 2014)

Gov’t eager to collect personal data using surveillance cameras

(March 2, 2014)

Metropolitan museum demands removal of ‘political’ work

(February 27, 2014)

Man sues Watami’s home catering company for negligence in his mother’s death

(February 24, 2014)

Gov’t aims to provide people’s personal data to security authorities

(February 20, 2014)

NGOs question Defense Ministry’s holding of personal info

(February 10, 2014)

‘Red purge’ victims file claim at bar association for relief

(February 14, 2014)

Secrecy law faces court battle questioning its constitutionality

(February 14, 2014)

NHK losing its ‘political neutrality’

(February 11, 2014)

Journalists’ group demands resignation of NHK top officials

(February 3, 2014)

Company even tried to obtain fingerprints: ex-arms company worker

(February 3, 2014)

Kyoto residents rally against media’s neglect of giving citizens’ perspective

(January 25, 2014)

‘Human chain’ surrounds Diet demanding abolition of state secrets law

(January 24, 2014)

Lawyers’ group opposes stiffer penalties for young offenders

(January 7, 2014)

Munitions firm checks up on workers’ backgrounds using security authorities

(January 7, 2014)

Man in wheelchair wages solo protest against secrecy law

(January 16, 2013)

Court orders Tokyo to pay 17 Muslims Y90 mil for defamation

(January 15, 2014)

Journalists call for joint action to demand revocation of secrecy law

(December 21, 2013)

Police monitors citizens observing pref. assembly meeting

(December 16, 2013)

Police encouraged internal spying in nuclear energy agency

(December 15, 2013)

Anti-conspiracy law will allow emergence of increase in police surveillance

(December 4 & 5, 2013)

Demonstrators may well be called ‘terrorists’: LDP official

(December 4, 2013)

UN human rights chief voices fear over Japan’s secret protection bill

(December 4, 2013)

Anime master Miyazaki Hayao opposes secrets bill

(December 6, 2013)

JCP Nihi reveals police monitoring of Muslims in Tokyo

(November 29, 2013)

Nuclear Fuel Company colludes with police in monitoring employees using excuse of antiterrorism

(November 26, 2013)

SLAPP suit victims gather together at civic event

(November 24, 2013)

UN human rights experts criticize Japan’s secrecy bill

(November 18, 2013)

I listed all my friends’ names in background check form: former SDF official

(November 14, 2013)

Over 100 NGOs in Japan jointly call for repeal of secrets protection bill

(October 31, 2013)

Teachers are committing offense by not singing ‘Kimigayo’: JRP representative in Kyoto

(October 29 and 30, 2013)

All bar associations protest against secrets protection bill

(October 29, 2013)

Legal experts issue statements against state secrets bill

(October 22, 2013)

Citizens petition gov’t to prevent hate speech

(October 8, 2013)

Court recognizes hate speech as racism