Japan Press Weekly

(June 8, 2009)

Budget for public works projects must not be diverted to U.S. forces in Japan

(June 7, 2009)

Number of households on welfare hits record high

(June 7, 2009)

Women members of Kyoto teachers’ union hold 1,000th monthly ‘6th and 9th day of action’

(June 6, 2009)

JCP Central Committee holds its 8th Plenum

(June 6, 2009)

Fuwa speaks about JCP-CPC theoretical exchange meeting

(June 5, 2009)

Labor bureau instructs Mazda to end illegal use of temporary workers

(June 5, 2009)

Aozora Bank illegally fires contract worker: JCP Daimon

(June 5, 2009)

Save children’s hospitals in Tokyo: JCP

(June 4, 2009)

LDP calls for Japan to have capability to attack enemy bases

(June 4, 2009)

Fixed-term contract workers sue Canon

(June 3, 2009)

JCP Inoue urges government to make ‘secret Japan-U.S. nuclear deal’ known

(June 3, 2009 )

JCP strives to win more seats in Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election

(June 3, 2009)

Government space program goes against Article 9

(June 3, 2009)

Diet session extended in order to have undemocratic bills enacted

(June 2, 2009)

JCP calls for Diet to summon former Foreign Ministry officials to testify about secret Japan-U.S. nuclear deal

( June 2, 2009)

JCP Ichida says DPJ first must come clean about alleged illegal donations to its former leader

(June 2, 2009)

Nikai’s aides not prosecuted over Nishimatsu scandal

(June 2, 2009)

Government’s denial of ‘secret deal on nuclear weapons’ driven into a corner: Niihara

( June 2, 2009)

JCP Chair Shii congratulates new El Salvadoran President Funes

(June 1, 2009 )

‘Experts’ arguments that they support new U.S. base construction are dubious

( June 1, 2009)

Laid-off temporary worker wins full-time position

(May 31, 2009)

No one opposes JCP argument that ‘parties should be funded by personal donations’

(May 31, 2009)

Block ‘anti-piracy’ bill that paves way for permanent dispatch of Self-Defense Forces abroad

(May 30, 2009)

JCP Kokuta says 14 trillion yen supplementary budget will not help economic recovery

(May 29, 2009)

Arguments in support of ‘attack on enemy bases’ go against Constitution: JCP Shii

(May 29, 2009)

Hibakusha again win A-bomb suit against government

(May 29, 2009)

P3C patrol aircraft head to Djibouti

(May 29, 2009 )

JCP lawmakers request that government help local businesses recover from H1N1 flu-related losses

(May 28, 2009)

Japan paid 600 million yen to victims of crimes and accidents caused by U.S. servicemen

(May 28, 2009)

LDP and DPJ will call for cutting Lower House seats

(May 28, 2009 )

JCP Kokuta says debate between LDP and DPJ leaders was disappointing

(May 28, 2009 )

JCP Upper House member reaches out to international commission co-chair on nuclear disarmament

(May 28, 2009)

Shii mourns the death of ex-South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun

(May 27, 2009)

JCP visits embassies on issue of nuclear weapons abolition

(May 27, 2009)

Shii and South African ambassador agree on cooperation to abolish nuclear weapons

(May 27, 2009)

Kokuta stresses importance of unified international action against North Korea’s nuclear test

(May 27, 2009)

Aso says Japan can attack enemy bases

(May 27, 2009)

Ogata meets with Cuba’s ICAP vice president

(May 12, 2009)

DPJ Ozawa urged to resign in the face of public criticism: JCP Ichida

(May 12, 2009)

NGOs decide to jointly hold anti-nuclear action next year

(May 12, 2009)

Ozawa announces his resignation as DPJ leader

(May 12, 2009)

4 opposition party meeting about drastic revision of the Worker Dispatch Law should be held immediately

(May 11, 2009 )

Construction companies secretly donated 100 million yen to LDP and lawmakers representing their special interests

(May 11, 2009)

Long-term efforts needed to deal with new flu: JCP Kokuta

(May 10, 2009 )

Peace activists nationwide stage action calling for a world without nuclear weapons

(May 10, 2009 )

Hibakusha call for political decision over A-bomb illnesses

(May 10-11, 2009)

U.S. servicemen arrested in Okinawa

(May 9, 2009)

JCP lawmaker urges government to press nuclear powers to reaffirm promise to eliminate their nuclear arsenals

(May 9, 2009)

‘Discrepancy’ in debate on abolition of nuclear weapons

(May 9, 2009)

National government has no right to interfere with local governments’ rejection of U.S. warship visits