Japan Press Weekly

( May 13, 2007)

Kakushinkon general meeting calls for blocking constitutional revision and improving living conditions

(May 13, 2007)

Majority of local town residents signed petition in defense of Article 9: First municipality in Yamagata Pref.

(May 12, 2007)

LDP and Komei force through constitutional revision procedural bill through Upper House committee

(May 12, 2007)

Shii criticizes ruling parties for ignoring public

(May 12, 2007)

Ruling parties only listening to prime minister: How constitutional revision procedure bill passed

(May 12, 2007)

Ogata meets with Philippine NGO leaders

(May 12, 2007)

Ogata meets with Cuban ambassador

(May 11, 2007)

2007 World Conference against A & H Bombs schedule adopted

(May 11, 2007)

Ex chief cabinet secretary held guilty for hiding 100 million yen contribution

(May 11, 2007)

Health insurance premiums will increase for lower-income elderly but decrease for rich elderly

(May 10, 2007)

‘Japan-NATO cooperation’ mentioned for the first time in Japan-U.S. statement

(May 10, 2007)

In Okinawa, JCP and Okinawa local party put up joint candidate in Upper House election

(May 10, 2007)

Ogata attends Europe Day reception

(May 9, 2007)

Abe makes offering to Yasukuni Shrine

(May 9, 2007)

JCP Shii criticizes Abe for making an offering to Yasukuni Shrine

(May 9, 2007)

Forestry Minister received 130 million yen in donations from public service corporations

(May 9, 2007)

Take IPCC report seriously to prevent global warming!

(May 8, 2007)

Defense Minister shaping policy to turn Japan into a merchant of death

(May 8, 2007)

Defense Ministry considers SDF dispatch to Afghanistan

(May 8, 2007)

Commencing 50th annual nationwide peace marches for a nuclear-free world

(May 4, 2007)

On Abe’s dangerous move towards constitutional revision: JCP Shii on Constitutional Day

(May 2, 2007)

Japanese and U.S. ministers agree on intelligence cooperation to enable Japan to wage wars together with the U.S.

(May 2, 2007)

May Day rallies take place at 369 locations across Japan

(April 29, 2007)

For whom did Abe say the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty is ‘irreplaceable’?

(April 28, 2007)

Proposal for a Declaration of a Nuclear Weapon-Free Japan

(April 27, 2007)

Constitutional revision procedure bill is in a mess: JCP Shii

(April 27, 2007)

ASDF mission in Iraq almost entirely devoted to supporting US forces

(April 27, 2007)

Gensuikyo launches movement calling on Japanese government to declare Japan ‘nuclear weapon-free’

(April 27, 2007)

JCP May Day slogans

(April 26, 2007)

Cabinet establishes advisory council to pave the way for exercising collective self-defense right

(April 26, 2007)

Shii discusses JCP’s political tasks in preparation for Upper House election

(April 25, 2007)

At public hearings speakers call for careful discussion on constitutional revision procedure bill

(April 25, 2007)

Maritime SDF deployment to Indian Ocean extended for half year

(April 25, 2007)

Lower House begins discussions on extension of SDF deployment to Iraq

(April 24, 2007)

Amid drastic reduction in local assembly seats, JCP made progress: JCP statement

(April 24, 2007)

Ogata attends Bangladesh National Day reception

(April 22, 2007)

JCP Shii calls for a society rejecting violence

(April 21, 2007)

JCP Dietmember calls on government to put end to employers’ unfair use of foreign ‘trainees’

(April 20, 2007)

Bill to adversely revise Juvenile Law passed through Lower House

(April 20, 2007)

Part-timers bill passed through Lower House

(April 19, 2007)

JCP Nihi criticizes undemocratic nature of constitutional revision procedure bill

(April 19, 2007)

Time to show zero tolerance for violence

(April 19, 2007)

Ogata meets with CPV Science and Technology Council chair

(April 18, 2007)

JCP Nihi raps ruling parties for their rush to enact bill to establish constitutional revision procedures

(April 18, 2007)

Documents showing military’s coercion in wartime sex slavery uncovered

(April 18, 2007)

Bills to allow state to interfere in education must be scrapped: JCP Ishii

(April 17, 2007)

LDP intends to start discussion on consumption tax hike after Upper House election

(April 17, 2007)

JMIU calls for establishment of foreign workers’ right to work

(April 17, 2007)

Constitutional revision procedure bill is undemocratic and must be scrapped: JCP Ichida

(April 17, 2007)

High court orders state compensation for base noise pollution