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(June 13, 2015)
Ex-LDP heavyweights oppose Abe’s ‘security’ legislation
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(June 13, 2015)
Coffins for SDF personnel readied for overseas missions: Defense Minister
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(June 13, 2015)
Top court ruling on ‘Sunagawa case’ can’t be used to justify Japan’s use of collective self-defense right: lawyers
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(June 13, 2015)
2011 disaster victims call on state to keep covering all costs for reconstruction work
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(June 12, 2015)
JCP Daimon calls for minimum wage reforms to narrow regional income gaps
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(June 12, 2015)
Court awards compensation for noise damage from US Futenma base
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(June 11, 2015)
One ruling party lawmaker rebels against Abe’s war legislation
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(June 11, 2015)
JCP Miyamoto checkmates Defense Minister in Diet discussions over collective self-defense right
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(June 11, 2015)
Bill to establish defense equipment agency enacted
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(June 11, 2015)
Renesas calls back its ex-regular workers as temps
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(June 10, 2015)
Abe should withdraw war bills: former Speaker of the House
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(June 10, 2015)
Education Ministry instructs national universities to reduce humanities and social science courses
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(June 10, 2015)
Create policies in the public interest for ending declining birthrate
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(June 6 and 9, 2015)
Okinawa JCP calls for halt to SDF aircraft use of Naha Airport
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(June 9, 2015)
Japanese researchers urge early settlement of wartime ‘comfort women’ issue
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(June 8, 2015)
Constitution needs to adapt itself to war-related bills: DefMin Nakatani
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(June 7, 2015)
All constitutional scholars in parliamentary hearing criticize war legislation as unconstitutional
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(June 7, 2015)
Deaths in battle could become more likely under war legislation
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(June 7, 2015)
US sergeant arrested for robbery
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(June 7, 2015)
Sex registration on ‘My Number’ cards backpedals on efforts to eliminate discrimination against LGBT people
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(June 6, 2015)
If war laws had existed, SDF might have joined in US-led wars from 1990
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(June 5, 2015)
Onaga: Okinawans’ opposition to base construction wins sympathy in US
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(June 5, 2015)
Sony’s working hour rules show what Abe’s working hour reform will bring about
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(May 27 & June 5, 2015)
Police collect private info of local residents objecting to power plant project in Gifu Pref.
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(June 4, 2015)
Pension data entry staff are outsourced workers
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(June 4, 2015)
Abe might dispatch SDF under war legislation to participate in ISAF-like force
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(June 3 and 4, 2015)
Japan’s new GHG reduction target runs counter to global efforts to tackle climate change
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(June 4, 2015)
Pollution victims stage joint action seeking relief measures
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(June 4, 2015)
JCP calls for revision of costly, time-consuming design for new Olympic stadium
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(June 4, 2015)
Japan’s energy plan should focus more on renewables than nuclear power
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(June 3, 2015)
Latest poll shows 83% of Okinawans oppose construction of new US base in Henoko
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(June 3, 2015)
Bill to lower voting age to 18 passed through Lower House committee
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(June 3, 2015)
War industry doubled donations to LDP bringing about lifting of ban on arms export
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(June 3, 2015)
Kicking unions out of city office is illegal: Osaka High Court
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(June 3, 2015)
90 civic groups in Japan and S. Korea oppose war-glorifying, anti-constitutional publishers’ textbooks
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(June 2, 2015)
Shii upsets PM Abe by asking questions about Japan’s use of collective self-defense right in possible US wars of aggression
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(June 2, 2015)
JCP demands that gov’t take emergency measures to help volcano evacuees
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(June 2, 2015)
Leak of personal information about public pensions overturns basis of ‘My Number’ system
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(May 31 & June 1, 2015)
Civil movements opposing war legislation are growing across Japan
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(June 1, 2015)
Local residents form group to protect their hometowns from having hand in supporting wars
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(June 1, 2015)
Kyoto women march for gender equal society
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(May 31, 2015)
JCP urges government to use tax money for better judicial services rather than for Osprey purchase
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(May 30, 2015)
Okinawa Governor tells US Congresspersons of opposition to Henoko base construction
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(May 30, 2015)
Cuts in pension benefits are unconstitutional: pensioners
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(May 30, 2015)
Violent volcanic eruption increasing public anxieties about safety of Sendai NPP
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(May 29, 2015)
Abe’s plan to use public fund to support arms exports unacceptable
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(May 29, 2015)
Ex-Bloomberg reporter again wins lawsuit over company’s unfair dismissal
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(May 29, 2015)
Organizers of world conference against atomic weapons resolve to achieve success
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(May 28, 2015)
Deliberation starts on JCP-proposed bills banning corporate donations and terminating gov’t funding for political parties
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(May 27 and 28, 2015)
Ruling coalition forcibly enacts bill to increase people’s burdens for public health insurance system