Japan Press Weekly

(January 21, 2008)

Drastic revision of Worker Dispatch Law is essential

(January 20, 2008)

Supplementary budget to deal with oil price hikes gives priority to military

(January 20, 2008)

Health minister: To increase number of doctors will make them homeless

(January 19, 2008)

JCP Shii calls for aggressive Diet discussion to fundamentally critique LDP policies

(January 19, 2008)

Fukuda in policy speech calls for permanent law to deploy SDF abroad and imposition of consumption tax hikes

(January 19, 2008)

2008 Spring Struggle action policy for fighting poverty adopted

(January 18, 2008)

Iwakuni City’s important struggle against U.S. military realignment in Japan

(January 18, 2008)

Central Education Council calls for more school hours and tougher state control

(January 18, 2008)

Major hair salon chain forced to pay 338 hairstylists 48 million yen in back pay

(January 18, 2008)

Ogata, Kasai discuss return of Korean cultural asset with S. Korean lawmakers

(January 17, 2008)

Ogata, Kasai exchange views with South Korean vice foreign minister on return of Korean cultural asset

(January 16, 2008)

DPJ’s bill on SDF overseas operations carried over to next Diet session

(January 16, 2008)

Defense Ministry conducts studies on possible PAC-3 launch site in central Tokyo

(January 16, 2008)

Hepatitis C plaintiffs and the government sign reconciliation agreement

(January 16, 2008)

Tokyo doubles amount of planned expenses for Olympics bid

(January 16, 2008 )

Okinawan delegation urges the ministry to revoke its order

(January 15, 2008)

Government must take urgent measures to secure stable postdoctoral positions

(January 14, 2008)

Baseball Hall of Fame and war

(January 13, 2008)

Spring Struggle focusing on eradication of disparities

(January 13, 2008)

Hiroshima demands that U.S. forces stop low-altitude flight exercises

(January 13, 2008)

30 years of joint struggle of Nippon Steel workers and JCP wins extra pay for attending meetings between shifts

(January 12, 2008)

JCP Shii condemns ruling bloc for forcibly enacting anti-terrorism special measures law

(January 12, 2008)

Bill to relieve drug-induced hepatitis patients passed

(January 12, 2008)

Ruling coalition forcibly enacts MSDF dispatch law

(January 12, 2008)

Supporters of JCP local assembly member ask the Supreme Court for careful examination of suppression case

(January 11, 2008)

JCP chair calls for political framework to serve the public, not U.S. or business circles

(January 11, 2008)

Upper House committee votes down anti-terrorism special measures bill

(January 11, 2008)

New anti-terrorism special measures bill must be scrapped: JCP Shii

(January 11, 2008)

Hibakusha demands prime minister’s political decision to help conclude lawsuits over recognition of A-bomb related illnesses

(January 10, 2008)

U.S. forces delay relocation of urban combat training facility in Okinawa

(January 10, 2008)

ASDF and U.S. Air Force to conduct joint exercise at Hyakuri

(January 10, 2008)

Widow of Toyota worker who died from overwork urges Labor Minister to take steps to eradicate karoshi

(January 10, 2008)

JCP sports policy

(January 9, 2008 )

Spring Struggle starts with unionists calling for elimination of poverty through nationwide action

(January 9, 2008)

Defense Minister Ishiba was dined by Mitsubishi: Akiyama

(January 9, 2008)

Government to open full-fledged discussion on permanent law to send SDF abroad

(January 9, 2008)

Shii attends new Egyptian ambassador’s reception

(January 8, 2008)

Osaka gubernatorial election focuses on fiscal crisis

(January 8, 2008)

Labor ministry to order staffing agency to stop double dispatches of temp workers

(January 6, 2008)

Market chaos shows need to regulate speculative money

(January 5, 2008)

Shii at JCP New Year meeting calls for efforts to make advance in upcoming general election

(January 1, 2008)

LDP uses government subsidies as expenditure on firms under its control

(December 30, 2007)

All parties except JCP received total of 408 billion yen of tax money over 13 years

(December 29, 2007)

Ruling bloc makes public outline of bill to provide drug-induced hepatitis C victims with uniform relief

(December 27 & 29, 2007)

Education Ministry refuses to revoke textbook screening policy on Battle of Okinawa

(December 29, 2007)

JCP chair condemns assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Bhutto as mean terrorist attack

(December 27, 2007)

Shii meets outgoing Vietnam ambassador

(December 21 & 25, 2007)

Fukuda Cabinet adopts FY 2008 draft budget

(December 24 & 25, 2007)

Government to provide uniform relief to all drug-induced hepatitis C victims

(December 25, 2007)

Two corporations exclusively receive Defense Ministry orders for fuel supply in the Indian Ocean