Japan Press Weekly

(January 23, 2020)

Abe should abide by Olympic Charter

(January 19 & 22, 2020)

Local daily in Iwate: political parties accepting public funds lack self-reliance

(January 22, 2020)

Japan-US Security Treaty, fundamental factor for swelling Japan’s military spending

(January 22, 2020)

Gov’t will stop holding annual memorial ceremony for 2011 disaster victims after 2021

(January 21, 2020)

Abe in policy speech says nothing about scandals but insists on constitutional changes

(January 21, 2020)

Prior to Diet opening, Shii instructs JCP Dietmembers: clear way for coalition gov't composed of opposition parties

(January 21, 2020)

Shii: PM Abe encloses Japan with ‘wall of hopelessness’

(January 20, 2020)

What do parliamentarians do in an ordinary session of the Diet?

(January 20, 2020)

Frequent dining with PM Abe will increase public distrust for media

(January 19, 2020)

JCP Congress ends with unanimous adoption of 3 drafts

(January 18, 2020)

Citizens hold memorial services for victims of the 1995 quake

(January 18, 2020)

High court retracts lower court decision to allow restart of No.3 reactor at Ikata NPP

(January 18, 2020)

Discussions in JCP 28th Congress concluded

(January 17, 2020)

Opposition parties jointly grill gov't about SDF dispatch to Middle East

(January 17, 2020)

Zenroren declares start of 2020 ‘shunto’ spring wage struggle

(January 17, 2020)

28th Congress discussions continue

(January 16, 2020)

Several Mitsubishi workers committed suicide after power harassment

(January 16, 2020)

Aso under fire for ‘Japan has been single-ethnic for 2K years’ remark

(January 16, 2020)

Discussions on draft revision and on 2 resolutions for JCP 28th Congress take place

(January 15, 2020)

CDPJ Azumi: We can hold good discussions with JCP on formation of coalition gov't

(January 15, 2020)

JCP 28th Congress starts

(January 15, 2020)

Shii talks with members of diplomatic corps in Japan who attended JCP Congress

(January 11, 2020)

Hepatitis-B virus carriers file damage lawsuit against state

(January 10 & 11, 2020)

This week's JCP international activities

(January 10, 2020)

Ghosn claims he escaped from injustice, but does he know what justice is?

(January 9, 2020)

Article 9 protection activists oppose MSDF dispatch to Middle East

(January 9, 2020)

Hitachi subsidiary forces workers with work-related injuries to accept distant transfers

(January 8, 2020)

Extra-ministerial casino bureau set up amid bribery scandal

(January 8, 2020)

JCP urges LDP to hold Diet discussions on US-Iran crisis

(January 8, 2020)

Zenroren calls for winning minimum hourly wage hike to 1,500 yen in this year’s spring wage struggle

(January 7 and 8, 2020)

Graduate students busy working part-time to make ends meet: Students’ network survey

(January 7, 2020)

JCP calls for diplomatic resolution of the tension in the Gulf

(January 7, 2020)

PM Abe in New Year press conference focuses on constitutional revision rather than US-Iran crisis

(January 7, 2020)

Tokyo metropolitan gov’t should build own peace museum to not forget memories of war

(January 7, 2020)

This year's 1st antinuke signature collection drive takes place

(January 5, 2020)

Make 2020 a year of opening path to replace Abe government: Shii in New Year assembly

(January 5, 2020)

Japan silent on US killing of Iranian general

(January 4, 2020)

Shii denounces US for killing Iranian general in airstrike

(January 3, 2020)

Let’s open path for nuclear-free world on 75th anniversary of atomic bombings

(December 31, 2019)

US Marine Corps officer proposes cutting US troops in Okinawa

(December 28, 2019)

SDF dispatch will increase tensions in the Middle East and is unacceptable: Koike

Due to New Year holidays, the next issue will appear on January 17, 2020.

(December 26, 2019)

Kisarazu mayor gives nod to ‘temporary’ deployment of Ospreys to local SDF base

(December 26, 2019)

Defense Ministry will fund Tsukuba University military-academia research

(December 25, 2019)

Bishops’ Conference in Japan urges gov’t to sign and ratify UN N-ban treaty

(December 24, 2019)

Shop owners form union to resist control by major platformer Rakuten

(December 24, 2019)

Performing artists stand up to gain eligibility for workers’ compensation insurance

(December 24, 2019)

Environment Minister under fire for his comment on Greta

(December 23, 2019)

Youth march for minimum wage hike to 1,500 yen across Japan

(December 23, 2019)

Labor think tank’s survey indicates need for better enforcement of ‘same work, same pay’ principle