Japan Press Weekly

(October 14, 2020)

JCP holds memorial service for 210 activists

(October 13, 2020)

Hitachi subsidiary worker with help from union rebuffs forced resignation

(October 11, 2020)

Nobel laureate: PM's ouster of specific scholars from SCJ is harmful

(October 11, 2020)

Introduction of face recognition system by police raises privacy concerns

(October 11, 2020)

Suga gov't also in favor of casino promotion

(October 11, 2020)

93 associations of natural sciences issue joint statement opposing Suga’s refusal to appoint 6 candidates as SCJ member

(October 10,2020)

JCP receives 22K signatures calling for gender parity in politics

(October 9, 2020)

Nuclear energy will end in imposition of disposal sites on underpopulated areas

(October 8, 2020)

Opposition parties in Adachi Ward Assembly demand retraction of LDP member’s insult to LGBTQ people

(October 8, 2020)

Gov't should fulfill responsibility to deal with corona-caused job losses

(October 8, 2020)

Nishinoomote City mayor opposes planned relocation of FCLP to nearby island

(October 7, 2020)

A record number of elderly face asset seizures due to arreas in nursing-care insurance premiums

(October 7, 2020)

'Don't use tax for controversial artworks' logic is unconstitutional

(October 6, 2020)

Opposition parties interview scholars rejected by PM Suga to be SCJ members

(October 5, 2020)

PM Suga’s media control infringes on people’s right to know

(October 5, 2020)

Media workers and concerned citizens join forces to resist gov't control over media

(October 5, 2020)

Koike and political scientist Kang exchange views on M. Weber

(October 4, 2020)

PM Suga, the driving force behind change in official constitutional interpretation

(October 4, 2020)

Yamaguchi JCP demands F-35Bs relocated from US Iwakuni base to US mainland

(October 3, 2020)

Large amount of trash found left in former US military training field in Okinawa

(October 3, 2020)

Scientists in Japan resolved to never again engage in research for war purposes

(October 2, 2020)

Science Council of Japan president says Suga’s nomination refusal is ‘serious problem’

(October 2, 2020)

Shii condemns gov't intervention in Science Council as threat to academic freedom

(October 2, 2020)

LDP Sugita refuses to retract her remark insulting sexual assault victims

(October 1, 2020)

PM Suga excludes scientists critical of war laws from Japan Science Council

(October 1, 2020)

Record high of 4K foreign nationals working in Japan die from occupational accidents

(October 1, 2020)

Sendai High Court orders TEPCO and gov’t to compensate affected residents for damages caused by Fukushima nuclear accident

(September 30, 2020)

Shii interviewed by famous journalist in weekly magazine on gov't change

(September 30, 2020)

DYLJ provides food assistance to students struggling amid COVID-19 pandemic

(September 27 and 29, 2020)

Koike: Gov’t should not use taxpayers’ money to share costs for funeral of ex-PM Nakasone

(September 29, 2020)

JCP Koike: LDP Sugita is not qualified to serve as a Dietmember

(September 27, 2020)

Union and JCP efforts lead to extension of COVID-19 grants to small firm workers

(September 26 & 27, 2020)

Tamura denounces LDP lawmaker’s slander of sexual assault survivors

(September 26, 2020)

Civil Alliance hands its 15-item request to united opposition parties

(September 26, 2020)

Young people rally to urge gov’t to increase its effort to combat climate change

(September 26, 2020)

Rally calling for Japan to participate UN N-ban treaty takes place

(September 25, 2020)

JCP calls for unifying opposition candidates in close-run constituencies to challenge ruling-party rivals

(September 25, 2020)

Suga gov’t sticks to deployment of failed missile defense system

(September 25, 2020)

80% of public health centers fight against COVID-19 crisis understaffed

(September 24, 2020)

118 intellectuals: Now is time to improve relationship with South Korea

(September 24, 2020)

Koike welcomes CDPJ Edano’s remark on JCP-CDPJ cooperation

(September 24, 2020)

PM Suga pressed by RSF to turn into champion of press freedom

(September 22, 2020)

Civil Alliance issues written request to opposition parties to work together for regime change

(September 22, 2020)

Fight by teachers and parents lead to drop in number of municipalities selecting far-right publisher’s textbooks

(September 20 and 21, 2020)

Ex-PM Abe visits Yasukuni Shrine right after his resignation

(September 21, 2020)

Almost all Suga Cabinet members are ‘pro-Yasukuni’

(September 19, 2020)

Tamura: Arrest of shady businessman increases need for probe into cherry blossom-viewing party scandal

(September 19, 2020)

Gov’t PR center under fire for denial of wartime forced labor in its display of World Heritage sites

(September 18, 2020)

Okinawans angry at Defense Ministry intent to use earth from killing zone in WWII for Henoko US base project

(September 18, 2020)

Collapsed policy of promoting nuclear power generation should be abandoned