Japan Press Weekly

(April 3 & 4, 2020)

JCP Koike calls on gov’t to buy COVID-19 antibody testing kits rather than implementing ‘Abenomask’ plan

(April 4, 2020)

JCP Kokuta criticizes gov’t for having SDF ship stay in Middle East without coronavirus preparation

(April 3, 2020)

Even in effort to combat COVID-19, gov’t move to collect mobile phone users’ data will generate privacy concerns

(April 3, 2020)

Justice Ministry survey: Half of unindicted rape cases not recognized as forced or coerced rape

(April 2, 2020)

Amid calls for increasing efforts to cope with surge in corona cases, Tokyo governor declares cuts in healthcare spending

(April 2, 2020)

Progress of ‘socialization of care’ at snail’s pace under 20 years of public nursing-care insurance program

(April 1, 2020)

Revised law on elderly employment enacted without workers' rights protection

(April 1, 2020)

JCP Daimon: Japan should not provide additional funding to int’l finance corp.

(April 1, 2020)

Visually-impaired people want sliding-door barriers to be installed on platforms of all stations

(March 31, 2020)

Taxing large multinationals needed to secure funding to tackle economic impact of corona crisis: JCP Daimon

(March 31, 2020)

H-bomb test victims file suit seeking seamen's compensation

(March 31, 2020)

Workers with disabilities in Tokyo form union

(March 31, 2020)

Ban on unequal treatment of regular and non-regular workers to be enforced

(March 30, 2020)

Koike in TV debate calls for fully utilizing COVID-19 testing capacity

(March 28, 2020)

2020 budget bill without funding for anti-corona efforts enacted

(March 28, 2020)

Japan’s ‘sports mecca’ to undergo redevelopment associated with the Olympic Games

(March 27, 2020)

How JCP responds to policy differences with other coalition parties after formation of new gov't

(March 27, 2020)

JCP and Noda’s political circle agree on efforts to replace Abe government

(March 27, 2020)

JCP proposes direct bailout of individuals affected financially by new coronavirus

(March 26, 2020)

Postponement of Tokyo Olympics highlights need to get back to basics of Olympic movement

(March 26, 2020)

Civil Alliance requests opposition parties for quick-impact anti-corona measures

(March 26, 2020)

Preparedness for public health emergency undermined under successive LDP governments

(March 26, 2020)

As demanded by JCP, corona-affected households can be exempted from tuition payments

(March 25, 2020)

Court rules Hitachi's policy of holding individual interviews to press for early retirement to be illegal

(March 25, 2020)

Construction workers begin court battle to win compensation for health damage from asbestos

(March 24, 2020)

Koike demands reinvestigation of the ‘Moritomo’ scandal

(March 24, 2020)

Abe reluctant to take measures to relieve performing artists’ economic distress due to corona crisis

(March 24, 2020)

After JCP Koike's Diet questioning, JAL decides to end imposing the wearing of high heels on CAs

(March 23, 2020)

Number of people who want to join SDF is decreasing

(March 22, 2020)

Abe gov’t should not open new flight routes for Haneda Airport

(March 21, 2020)

Suspension of Sendai NPP operations indicates laxness of nuclear regulations

(March 21, 2020)

Hate letters blaming Chinese for spread of coronavirus sent to Yokohama's Chinatown

(March 20, 2020)

Non-regular employment rate is too high in Health Ministry to combat infectious diseases

(March 20, 2020)

Zenroren publishes urgent proposal in regard to gov’t anti-corona efforts

(March 19, 2020)

Abe gov’t sued for suicide of ex-Finance Ministry official who was forced to falsify ‘Moritomo’-related documents

(March 19, 2020)

Opposition parties set up taskforce team to reinvestigate ‘Moritomo’ scandal

(March 18, 2020)

BOJ’s additional monetary easing is no solution to coronavirus-induced economic crisis

(March 18, 2020)

Abe gov’t seeks to promote use of elderly workers without legal protection

(March 16, 2020)

Notion by which people's lives are rated as worthy or not creates discrimination

(March 15, 2020)

Koike criticizes passage of revised law enabling Abe to declare state of emergency over coronavirus outbreak

(March 15, 2020)

Koike on news show demands cuts in sales tax to 5% as anti-corona economic policy

(March 13 & 15, 2020)

Saitama City gov’t under fire for discrimination against Korean kindergartners in anti-corona efforts

(March 13 & 14, 2020)

Unions and organizations for freelance workers call for gov’t financial assistance amid coronavirus crisis

(March 14, 2020)

Justice Minister discredits prosecutors

(March 14, 2020)

Tokyo District Court rejects citizens’ injunction request against SDF overseas dispatch

(March 14, 2020)

Gensuikyo comments on cancellation of planned anti-nuke World Conference in NYC

(March 13, 2020)

JCP makes urgent proposal on economic crisis pertaining to coronavirus outbreak

(March 13, 2020)

High court orders TEPCO to compensate evacuees for loss of hometowns

(March 13, 2020)

Appeals court scraps acquittal of a man accused of raping his daughter

(March 12, 2020)

Finance Minister Aso calls COVID-19 'Wuhan virus'