Japan Press Weekly

(November 17, 2024)

Freelance writers and voice actors hold event against consumption-tax-invoice system

(November 13, 2024)

JCP Horikawa demands gov’t measures to prevent rise in academic fees

(November 10, 2024)

Let’s make COP29 Baku momentum to change Japan’s climate policy

(November 8, 2024)

JCP EC Chair Tamura expresses her intention to utilize CEDAW findings to realize selective dual surname system

(November 7, 2024)

Nouminren urges gov’t to improve support for dairy and livestock farmers struggling to survive

(November 3, 2024)

‘Far and expensive” prevents many people from enjoying culture and arts

(October 31, 2024)

JCP EC chair welcomes Tokyo High Court ruling over same-sex marriage

(October 31, 2024)

Japanese gov’t should take CEDAW observations and recommendations seriously

(October 31, 2024)

JCP EC Chair Tamura: resumption of Onagawa No.2 reactor disregards local residents’ safety

(October 30, 2024)

Operations of crippled nuclear reactor resumed for 1st time after 2011 nuclear accident

(October 28, 2024)

Video showing JCP Yamazoe calling for lifting ban on abortion goes viral on social media

(October 26, 2024)

Japan lags behind in promotion and use of renewables

(October 25, 2024)

Facilities and coaches are scarce in sports for the handicapped

(October 24, 2024)

LDP-led gov’t unwilling to respond to UN committee’s call for dealing with gender-based indirect discrimination

(October 20, 2024)

Society where elderly people are discarded has no hope

(October 20, 2024)

JCP Koike visits monument for Korean and Japanese victims of wartime flooding disaster at undersea coal mine

(October 17, 2024)

No time left to waste in ending coal-fired power generation

(October 17, 2024)

JCP will work to eradicate eugenic ideology-based discrimination against disabled people

(October 9, 2024)

JCP Dietmembers urge gov’t to provide full and early relief to all Minamata disease victims

(October 9, 2024)

JCP Tokyo metropolitan assemblypersons demand that governor conduct on-site probe at Yokota AB over leakage of PFOS-tainted water

(September 30, 2024)

Court rules police practice of maintaining innocent people’s personal data as unconstitutional

(September 27, 2024)

JCP Tamura in her comment on acquittal in Hakamada’s retrial calls for early revision of criminal retrial system

(September 26, 2024)

JCP lawmakers promise to work hard to increase Japan’s budget for promotion of arts and culture

(September 22 & 25, 2024)

Plaintiffs in Nagasaki ‘black rain’ suit criticize gov’t policy to challenge district court ruling as unacceptable

(September 25, 2024)

JCP proposes ordinance bill to organize Tokyoites’ assembly on climate change

(September 18, 2024)

Osaka citizens’ group urges national government to cancel 2025 World Expo

(September 11, 2024)

Prewar court precedent showing coerciveness of Japanese military’s ‘comfort women’ system added to gov’t archive

(September 10, 2024)

Court recognizes some of plaintiffs in Nagasaki ‘black rain’ suit as ‘Hibakusha’

(September 7, 2024)

Part of Ukishima-maru’s passenger list provided to South Korea

(September 5, 2024)

Iroren asks parliamentarians’ support for higher state remuneration to nursing-care service providers

(September 4, 2024)

JCP EC Chair Tamura talks with women’s NGO network

(September 2, 2024)

JCP Koike attends memorial ceremony for Korean martyrs in 1923 massacre

(September 2, 2024)

Hyogo governor abuses his power, driving prefectural official to suicide

(August 31, 2024)

JCP urges Tokyo governor to send condolences to annual memorial service for Korean victims of 1923 massacre

(August 25, 2024)

JCP Dietmembers attend memorial event for Koreans killed in 1945 Ukishima-maru incident

(August 24, 2024)

JCP Fukushima assemblymembers protest against failure of debris removal test at Fukushima Daiichi

(August 23, 2024)

JCP EC Chair Tamura calls for gov’t compensation to victims of wartime Tsushima-maru tragedy

(August 23, 2024)

Tamura calls for compensation far higher than top court ruling provided to forced sterilization victims

(August 22, 2024)

Kurdish children talk with JCP lawmakers about their everyday reality

(August 17, 2024)

Anti-nuclear power group in Kagoshima demands shut down of Sendai NPP following Hyuga-nada quake

(August 15, 2024)

Japanese Military ‘Comfort Women’ Memorial Day event held in Tokyo

(August 12, 2024)

80% of people with disabilities live in poverty

(August 8, 2024)

JCP Kokuta obtains list of people on board Ukishima-maru

(August 2, 2024)

Paternity take-up rate hits record high, but fails to shrink gender gap in parental leave

(July 26, 2024)

496 listed companies in 2023 pay 10% more to shareholders while offering only 2.2% pay hikes

(July 24, 2024)

Hyogo citizens’ efforts successfully scrap event exposing children to SDF drills

(July 23, 2024)

Aichi JCP holds talks with Mindan regarding a society protecting every one’s fundamental human rights

(July 18, 2024)

JCP talks with women’s groups regarding quest for gender equality

(July 18, 2024)

As demanded by JCP, Dazaifu City decides not to provide young residents’ personal data to SDF recruiters

(July 10, 2024)

Japan recommends ‘Sado Kinzan’ as a World Cultural Heritage candidate but hides the history of Korean forced labor there