Japan Press Weekly

(June 3, 2019)

Japan should drastically shift to renewable energy

(June 2, 2019)

JCP: Tiananmen Square Incident has nothing to do with socialism

(June 1, 2019)

US military personnel assigned to Yokota AB causes drunken driving accident

(June 1, 2019)

Chiba JCP urges Defense Ministry to cancel plan to deploy SDF Ospreys to Chiba

(May 31, 2019)

Majority of dementia patients’ families dissatisfied with public nursing-care insurance program

(May 30, 2019)

Opposition parties affirm common pledges for Upper House election

(May 30, 2019)

Water around US bases in Okinawa contaminated with PFOS/PFOA

(May 30, 2019)

One in four foreign detainees placed in confinement for more than 18 months

(May 29, 2019)

Abe and Trump inspect SDF warship to put on public display strong Japan-US military alliance

(May 29, 2019)

Japan-US secret pact allows over 80% of crimes committed by US servicemen to be dropped

(May 29, 2019)

Court rules forced sterilization unconstitutional but dismisses victims' claim for damages

(May 28, 2019)

NHK’s excessive coverage of Trump’s visit to Japan

(May 28, 2019)

Abe and Trump supposedly agree to conclude new free-trade deal after Japan’s Upper House election

(May 28, 2019)

JCP Koike criticizes gov't for downplaying US subcritical N-test

(May 27 2019)

USAF civilian worker in Okinawa arrested in connection with fatal crash

(May 26&27, 2019)

Hiroshima Hibakusha send Trump letter in protest against US nuclear test

(May 25, 2019)

Rally held to push Abe government to give up on increasing consumption tax rate to 10%

(May 24, 2019)

TEPCO decides to freeze its plan to have foreign workers engage in decommissioning work at Fukushima Daiichi NPP

(May 24, 2019)

Tokyo court nullifies Shukutoku University dismissal of 3 professors

(May 23, 2019)

Cruel working conditions at Olympic construction sites

(May 23, 2019)

Number of workplace accidents involving foreign workers increasing

(May 23, 2019)

Japan should squarely tackle plastic waste issue

(May 23, 2019)

JCP publishes Upper House election platform seeking to restore hope in improving people’s livelihoods

(May 22, 2019)

JCP member chosen as joint opposition candidate in Fukui in Upper House election

(May 22, 2019)

JCP and Japan bar association agree to aim for society where everyone can live in peace

(May 21, 2019)

Koike: Abe acts as if Japan has healthy economy

(May 21, 2019)

Japanese, UK, US, and Korean public service workers share experiences of struggles against outsourcing

(May 21, 2019)

Planned construction of biomass power plant to burn imported palm oil under fire

(May 21, 2019)

This week’s JCP international activity

(May 19, 2019)

Farmers hold protest to urge Monsanto to stop selling controversial Roundup weed killer

(May 19, 2019)

Religious figures in Tokyo gather for dialogue on peace

(May 19, 2019)

Pro-constitutional municipal leaders confirm policy of forming ‘Article 9 Association’

(May 18, 2019)

Workers’ hourly earnings decrease in Japan over last 20 yrs. unlike other major countries

(May 18, 2019)

Drone flights banned within 300M of US bases

(May 17, 2019)

JCP Chair Shii: Sales tax hike plan during economy downturn should be abandoned

(May 17, 2019)

Cabinet approval rate shows cosmetic increase

(May 17, 2019)

Japan bar association in rally calls for new law declaring public assistance to be people’s right

(May 16, 2019)

'War against Russia' gaffe-making lawmaker belonged to anti-Article 9 political party

(May 16, 2019)

If gov’t buys 1 less F35, it can build nursery facilities for 4K children

(May 16, 2019)

NHK contract staff union again wins court ruling in support of union’s claim

(May 15, 2019)

Right-wing Dietmember suggesting war over Russian-held territory should resign

(May 14, 2019)

Sex crime victims demand that sex without consent be punished as crime

(May 14, 2019)

More than 40% of nurses at municipal hospitals experience ‘power harassment’: union survey

(May 14, 2019)

Gov’t admission of ‘worsening’ economy adds yet another reason to oppose planned consumption tax hike

(May 13, 2019)

Shii in JCP 6th CC Plenum introduces 3 proposals as pressing tasks

(May 11, 2019)

Use of revenues from sales tax hike to 10% to ease financial burden of higher education is inappropriate: JCP Kira

(May 11, 2019)

Teachers’ unions survey reveals exposure of high school students to unjust practices in job-hunting activities

(May 11, 2019)

Half of small businesses fear possibility of sales slump due to consumption tax hike

(May 11, 2019)

Kasai comments on N. Korea’s ‘projectile’ launches

(May 10, 2019)

Shii in Q & A session comments on celebration of coronation of new emperor & emperor system