Japan Press Weekly

(August 15, 2019)

Citizens in birthplace of ‘Freedom of Expression’ exhibit call for reinstatement of closed artworks

(August 15, 2019)

Tokyo metropolitan gov’t works to invite casino as if it were prearranged policy

(August 14, 2019)

1,768 firms instructed to pay 12.6 billion yen in back pay for overtime

(August 12, 2019)

Violations of work hour rules by transportation firms increase for fourth year in row

(August 12, 2019)

Investment earnings of GPIF shows \8 trillion yen decrease

(August 11, 2019)

Number of elderly experiencing asset seizure due to arrears in public health insurance premium increases eightfold

(August 10, 2019)

Nagasaki Day rally demands that Japan sign and ratify nuclear weapons ban treaty

(August 10, 2019)

PM Abe’s speech in Nagasaki ceremony copy-pasted from text for Hiroshima ceremony

(August 10, 2019)

Koike talks with representative of Austrian government

(August 9, 2019)

Shii in 97th anniv. speech calls on pro-constitution forces to hold discussions on coalition government

(August 9, 2019)

Tokyo JCP protests against Transport Minister’s decision on new Haneda flight routes

(August 8, 2019)

Public call for legalization of same-sex marriage is growing

(August 7, 2019)

Abe shuts his ear to Hibakusha’s call for Japan’s ratification of UN N-ban treaty

(August 7, 2019)

Majority of Aichi Triennale artists call for reopening of ‘shuttered’ exhibition

(August 7, 2019)

Hiroshima Day rally calls for strengthening international joint actions to achieve a world without nuclear weapons

(August 4-6, 2019)

Antinuke International Meeting calls for making year 2020 turning point toward abolition of nuclear weapons

(August 6, 2019)

JCP members of Nagoya City Assembly protest against mayor’s pressure for closure of exhibition

(August 6, 2019)

Japanese and S. Korean students attend memorial ceremony for Korean victims of wartime forced labor

(August 4&5, 2019)

Political pressure on exhibit of ‘statue of Korean girl’ in Aichi Triennale violates Constitution banning censorship: Koike

(August 5, 2019)

Linear motor Shinkansen project company hides detection of uranium in soil excavated during tunnel construction

(August 5, 2019)

3-month nationwide Peace March arrives in Hiroshima

(August 3, 2019)

JCP calls for withdrawal of Abe cabinet approval of expanding export trade controls against South Korea

(August 3, 2019)

Abe gov’t drops South Korea from ‘white list’ of preferential trade partners

(August 2, 2019)

Newly-elected parliamentarians with severe disabilities attend their first Diet meeting

(August 1, 2019)

LDP frustrated by deadlocked talks on constitutional revision

(August 1, 2019)

JCP urges Abe gov’t to refrain from expanding export restrictions against South Korea

(August 1, 2019)

Dialogue in sincere manner is important: JCP Kokuta in meeting with S. Korean parliamentarians

(August 1, 2019)

Labor Ministry’s panel turns its back on workers’ demand for minimum hourly wage increase to \1,000 nationwide

(August 1, 2019)

JCP Dietmembers investigate hunger strike at immigration detention center

(July 31, 2019)

Tokio Marine & Nichido Ltd. decides to stop illegal use of flexible work schedule

(July 31, 2019)

148,000 signatures submitted to oppose construction of palm oil power plant in Miyagi

(July 30, 2019)

Late US strategist’s ominous prediction on nuclear war

(July 30, 2019)

Abe gov’t seeks to promote business-oriented policy on gig work

(July 30, 2019)

Opposition party Dietmembers call on local gov'ts to refuse new Haneda flight routes

(July 29, 2019)

With only one-fifth voter support, PM Abe says he won strong public trust

(July 28, 2019)

Osprey flights with guns pointing downward toward residential areas increase

(July 28, 2019)

Link between declining birthrate and financial difficulties documented in gov’t white paper

(July 27, 2019)

JCP Yamaguchi demands that governor retract landfill permit for Kaminoseki NPP

(July 26, 2019)

Revised guidelines: Japan has no power over investigations of US military aircraft accidents in Japan

(July 26, 2019)

Majority of bar associations call for drastic minimum wage hike and elimination of regional income gaps

(July 26, 2019)

House of Councilors will undergo renovation for newly-elected members with severe disabilities

(July 26, 2019)

3rd year commemoration of disability hate crime reminds need for society endorsing mutual respect

(July 25, 2019)

Hiroshima JCP protests against Osprey flight over A-bomb Dome

(July 25, 2019)

It’s high time Abe gov’t accepts Okinawans’ firm opposition to Henoko base project

(July 25, 2019)

All nuclear reactors in Fukushima will be decommissioned

(July 24, 2019)

Pro-Constitution movement enters critical stage: political scholar

(July 23, 2019)

JCP Standing Executive Committee issues statement on Upper House election results

(July 23, 2019)

PM Abe determined to restore 2/3 majority in Upper House to achieve constitutional revision

(July 23, 2019)

Opposition deters constitutional revisionists from winning two thirds majority in Upper House

(July 23, 2019)

Shii: JCP may work together with Reiwa party