Japan Press Weekly

(July 10, 2024)

Japan recommends ‘Sado Kinzan’ as a World Cultural Heritage candidate but hides the history of Korean forced labor there

(July 10, 2024)

Shii sends telegram of condolence over death of ex-UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Sergio Duarte

(July 9, 2024)

Postal workers’ union resolves to build a workplace which ensures decent work for all

(July 9, 2024)

‘Those with few children should reflect on this’ is LDP attitude and main obstacle to gender equality

(July 8, 2024)

JCP Koike comments on results of Tokyo gubernatorial race

(July 7, 2024)

1,200 Okinawans hold protest marking 10th year from start of anti-Henoko base sit-in

(July 6, 2024)

US marine in Okinawa arrested for touching breasts of woman

(July 5, 2024)

Tamura: Gov’t should be accountable for its act of hiding from Okinawans US soldiers’ sex crimes

(July 5, 2024)

JCP Dietmembers talk with victims of forced sterilization

(July 4, 2024)

Supreme court rules forced sterilization unconstitutional, ordering gov’t to compensate victims

(July 4, 2024)

JCP Vice Chair Tanaka talks with CPV delegation

(July 3, 2024)

US military resumes Osprey flights in Tokyo without prior notice

(July 2, 2024)

5 US soldiers in Okinawa arrested for sex crimes in past 17 months

(July 2, 2024)

Number of members who quit SDF sharply increases

(July 1, 2024)

Voices of 1,200 youth opposing constitutional revision resound through Ginza

(June 29 & 30, 2024)

Yet another rape by US soldier concealed from public in advance of Okinawa assembly election

(June 28, 2024)

US Kadena AB commander offers no apology for US soldier’s sexual assault of minor

(June 27, 2024)

Gov’t hid from Okinawa US airman’s sexual assault of minor for 3 months

(June 27, 2024)

Gov’t complains about UN report pointing out inadequacy of Japan’s PFAS countermeasures

(June 27, 2024)

Okinawans strongly protest against Tokyo’s concealment of US soldier’s kidnapping and rape of underaged local girl

(June 26, 2024)

Pressed by JCP lawmaker, gov’t will develop tool to analyze gender wage gap

(June 26, 2024)

Hibakusha ask JCP for cooperation in realizing state compensation for all A-bomb damages

(June 24, 2024)

JCP Koike on Okinawa’s Memorial Day determines not to turn Okinawa into battlefield again

(June 22, 2024)

JCP Chair Tamura calls for all-out efforts to build a stronger JCP in order to achieve major advance in general election

(June 22, 2024)

Hibakusha calls on gov’t for state compensation for A-bomb damage

(June 22, 2024)

Rally seeking to establish air-raid victims relief law takes place

(June 21, 2024)

Campaigning begins for Tokyo gubernatorial election

(June 20, 2024)

Tamura in one-on-one debate pushes PM Kishida to implement dual surname system immediately

(June 20, 2024)

Revised-political funds law with many loopholes approved

(June 20, 2024)

Revised law giving state gov’t more power than local gov’ts in contingency situations enacted

(June 19, 2024)

Cancel plan to use soil from ‘killing zone’ in Okinawa battle for Henoko base project: bereaved families

(June 19, 2024)

26K signatures calling for ban on arms exports submitted to gov’t

(June 18, 2024)

More cabin attendants than state minimum standard to be assigned on JAL Boeing 787s

(June 17, 2024)

Put end to LDP gov’t sticking to outdated family values to create gender-equal Japan

(June 15, 2024)

Two revised laws leading to violation of human rights of foreign residents in Japan enacted

(June 15, 2024)

Nouminren protests against contingency legislation that orders farmers to produce designated crops or face a penalty for failure to comply

(June 14, 2024)

Nihi opposes law revision that may promote discriminatory racial profiling

(June 13, 2024)

JCP Chair Tamura comments on incumbent’s declaration of her candidacy for Tokyo governor

(June 13, 2024)

General public can’t afford a condo at former Olympic village due to soaring prices caused by corporate resales

(June 12, 2024)

SDF may set sights on children in needy families as future recruitment targets

(June 12, 2024)

Possibly due to PFAS, US military will stop using on-base drinking water wells

(June 11, 2024)

30 of top 50 Japanese corporate CO2 emitters give LDP political donations

(June 11, 2024)

With 2 billion yen in donations to LDP, construction industry receives 27 trillion yen in public work contracts

(June 9, 2024)

JCP Kira participates in protest demonstration against adversely-revised immigration law

(June 8, 2024)

Public service union submits to JCP over 4K signatures calling for increasing number of court staff

(June 7, 2024)

2nd-generation Hibakusha groups in Nagasaki and S. Korea share their experiences

(June 6, 2024)

Treaty that paves way to turning Japan into a ‘merchant of death’ approved

(June 6, 2024)

JCP Chair Tamura blames gov’t policies for record-low birthrate

(June 5, 2024)

Civic group protests against US blank-fire shooting drills in Yokosuka

(June 5, 2024)

JCP lawmakers discuss with Turkish parliamentarians about Kurdish refugees in Japan