Japan Press Weekly

(July 21, 2021)

Annual convention of medical workers’ union calls for policies that safeguard people’s lives

(July 17＆20, 2021)

JCP protests against DPP leader’s remark describing JCP as totalitarian

(July 20, 2021)

Ex-foreign minister at lawyers' symposium criticizes reliance on nuclear deterrence

(July 15 & 17, 2021)

Despite record increase proposed, minimum wage well below 1,500 yen demand

(July 16 & 17, 2021)

Plaintiffs in 'black rain' suit demand that gov't not appeal court ruling

(July 17, 2021)

2021 antinuke World Conference takes 1st step toward achieving nuclear weapons-free world by using TPNW as leverage: Japan Gensuikyo secretary general

(July 16, 2021)

VFP in Okinawa opposes use of sand that includes remains of Okinawa Battle victims to build a new US base

(July 16, 2021)

Okinawa JCP protests against yet another container drop accident by US military helicopter

(July 15, 2021)

Tax revenue from sales tax reaches 21 trillion yen in FY2020 while that from corporate taxes decreases

(July 15, 2021)

Hiroshima court again recognizes 84 radioactive ‘black rain’ victims as atomic bomb sufferers

(July 14, 2021)

2021 defense white paper intends to use Taiwan issue to enhance Japan-US military cooperation

(July 13, 2021)

Global nurses' unions send PM Suga and IOC letter calling for rescheduling of Tokyo Olympics

(July 13, 2021)

14 JCP candidates win in 4 city assembly elections

(July 11, 2021)

Summer Games to be held 'without spectators' in Hokkaido and Fukushima

(July 10, 2021)

Olympic Games in Tokyo areas will be held without spectators including schoolchildren

(July 10, 2021)

JCP assemblyperson in Okinawa speaks about Henoko’s anti-base protests at international meeting against military bases

(July 9, 2021)

Tokyo Olympics will be held under state of emergency

(July 7 & 9, 2021)

Aomori JCP protests against US Osprey low-altitude flight drills over longline fishery lake

(July 8, 2021)

Teachers at Yamaha English Academy become company employees

(July 7, 2021)

Zenroren calls on JCP to work with other opposition parties to realize a government supportive of workers’ demands

(July 7, 2021)

July 7 marks 4th anniversary of TPNW

(July 6, 2021)

JCP’s call for cancelling Summer Games gains voter support in Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election

(July 6, 2021)

Opposition parties' joint struggles yield results in 12 districts in Metropolitan Assembly election

(July 3, 2021)

Teachers’ unions issue appeal calling for cancellation of mobilization of schoolchildren to attend Summer Games

(July 3, 2021)

Shii on Twitter challenges CPC leader’s ‘oppose hegemony and power politics’ remark

(July 2, 2021)

US serviceman assigned to Yokosuka base arrested for drunk driving

(July 2, 2021)

US Ospreys fly at ultralow altitudes over a longline fishery lake in Aomori

(July 2, 2021)

65% of home helpers are not paid for waiting time between appointments

(July 2, 2021)

Shii comments on 100th founding anniversary of China’s communist party

(July 1, 2021)

If Tokyo endorses, more than half the population will be under municipalities certifying same-sex 'partnerships'

(July 1, 2021)

JCP criticizes China’s outrageous acts in contrast to weak-kneed LDP and Komei actions

(June 30, 2021)

New-born union at moving company takes legal action against company’s union busting

(June 29, 2021)

Purchase of US weapons and weapons systems come in 1st with 420.2 billion yen, far exceeding 2nd-place Japanese firm

(June 29, 2021)

Quarter of municipalities in Tokyo decline to participate in project to mobilize schoolchildren to attend Summer Games

(June 29, 2021)

JCP chair on Twitter protests 2nd US airstrike in Syria/Iraq

(June 28, 2021)

44-year-old nuclear reactor becomes 1st aging reactor to be restarted

(June 27, 2021)

Women candidates for Metropolitan Assembly race account for 58.6% in JCP while only 15% in LDP

(June 26, 2021)

Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election campaign officially starts amid COVID-19 pandemic

(June 25, 2021)

US helicopters fly at low altitudes over central Tokyo using metropolitan gov't building as a marker

(June 25, 2021)

Shii on Twitter protests against China over Apple Daily’s closure

(June 24, 2021)

JCP Kurabayashi protests against top court ruling recognizing that imposition of the mandatory common surname is 'constitutional'

(June 24, 2021)

No.2 reactor at Shimane NPP passes NRA’s safety screening

(June 23, 2021)

Drastic rise in minimum wages and an end to regional gaps are vital

(June 22, 2021)

JCP urges Tokyo governor to withdraw from project to mobilize schoolchildren to attend Summer Games

(June 22, 2021)

Olympic Games 'with spectators' are opposite of needed effort to control flow of people

(June 22, 2021)

Olympus workers with disabilities hold 24-hour strike for higher wages

(June 21, 2021)

All municipalities should cancel planned mobilization of schoolchildren to go to Summer Games

(June 19, 2021)

JCP policy commission chair calls for end of gov’t subsidies to political parties as they are available even for vote-buying

(June 19, 2021)

Gov’t should take seriously experts’ warning about spread of Olympic-induced infections: Shii

(June 18, 2021)

COVID-19 state of emergency lifted while pandemic is still ongoing