Japan Press Weekly

(January 24、2024)

Peace activists: Divert budget for US base construction to provide relief operations in quake-struck Noto Peninsula

(January 24, 2024)

JCP calls for introduction of government program to subsidize rent payment

(January 23, 2024)

First International’s founding helped advance anti-slavery movement in America

(January 22, 2024)

Nearly 40% of Japanese municipalities demand that Japan sign and ratify TPNW

(January 22, 2024)

Nukes should be eliminated before they destroy the planet

(January 20, 2024)

Koike: LDP should fully explain all its funding scandals before dissolving LDP factions

(January 20, 2024)

US sailor, while serving prison term in Japan for fatal car accident, transferred to US and released on parole

(January 19, 2024)

Tamura elected as first woman JCP head at 29th Party Congress

(January 19, 2024)

Kasai at ICAN forum calls for sharing significance of TPNW among all parties

(January 18, 2024)

Stop armed attacks that expand military conflict in Middle East

(January 17, 2024)

GSDF top officers’ visit to Yasukuni Shrine may violate 1974 official notice

(January 16, 2024)

JCP 29th Congress begins

(January 13, 2024)

JCP calls for deploying sufficient number of flight controllers to Haneda Airport

(January 13, 2024)

JCP deplores bombings by US and UK against targets in Yemen

(January 12, 2024)

Member lineup of ‘LDP reform body’ arouses public criticism

(January 12, 2024)

JCP Osaka demands cancellation of Osaka Expo to focus on post-disaster recovery

(January 11, 2024)

Tokyo forcibly begins soft-ground improvement work for US base construction in Okinawa

(January 11, 2024)

Yamato part-timers keep their jobs by joining labor union

(January 10, 2024)

GSDF vice chief of staff visits Yasukuni shrine

(January 10, 2024)

Union in talks with JCP Takahashi calls for investigation of Haneda Airport collision incident based on Chicago Convention

(January 6, 8 & 9, 2024)

Shii calls for relief supplies to evacuees in parallel with rescue of human life

(January 8, 2024)

LDP Abe faction’s sitting Dietmember arrested over slush-fund scandal

(January 6, 2024)

Shii: Political reform HQ without disclosing truth behind slush fund scandal is meaningless

(January 6, 2024)

PM Kishida evades referring to LDP slush-fund allegations and quake-caused N-power plant troubles

(January 5, 2024)

Shii in New Year address: Let us work hard to support Noto Peninsula Earthquake victims!

(January 5, 2024)

Shii at New Year assembly reports on his visit to Southeast Asia

(December 29, 2023)

Ex-State Minister of Justice Kakizawa arrested for vote-buying

(December 27, 2023)

Shii answers questions from Vietnam’s Diplomatic Academy students

(December 26, 2023)

JCP works toward a society where transgender individuals and women can live with peace of mind

(December 26, 2023)

Gov’t gives no view regarding global move to make apologies to indigenous peoples

(December 23, 2023)

Shii in Jakarta meets with ASEAN deputy secretary-general

(December 23, 2023)

Gov’t proposes almost 8 trillion yen for military spending in 2024 budget

(December 23, 2023)

Rengo appears to prioritize serving as impediment to opposition parties’ alliance over protecting workers’ labor rights

Due to the New Year holidays, the next issue will appear on January 12, 2024

(December 21, 2023)

Total costs pertaining to Osaka Expo may rise further

(December 20, 2023)

LDP’s fundraising scandal highlights need for total ban on political donations from corporations and interest groups

(December 20, 2023)

Sapporo should ‘withdraw’ from Winter Games bid

(December 19, 2023)

LDP’s unreported profits from fundraising events cause drop in Cabinet support rating in all polls

(December 18, 2023)

Gov’t seeks to open path to exports of lethal arms made in Japan under foreign license

(December 15, 2023)

Koike: To draw curtain on slush fund scandal with removal of 4 Cabinet members is unacceptable

(December 15, 2023)

Y3.5 million handed to WFP from JCP for food aid in Gaza

(December 15, 2023)

JCP Iwabuchi and Southeast Asian climate activists agree to oppose Japan’s stance sticking to fossil fuels

(December 14, 2023)

Shii calls for a national movement seeking to put end to LDP rule

(December 14, 2023)

Law to monitor Unification Church assets enacted

(December 14, 2023)

Gov’t favorite decision-making boards will be installed in national universities

(December 14, 2023)

JCP welcomes the adoption of the UNGA resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

(December 13, 2023)

JCP takes to the streets to increase public support for probe into LDP’s off-the-book funds scandal

(December 13, 2023)

Japan yet again receives ‘Fossil of the Day’ award for its reluctance to seriously tackle climate change

(December 12, 2023)

JCP demands summoning of Abe faction’s politicians as sworn witnesses to testify before Diet over off-the-book money scandal

(December 12, 2023)

On Human Rights Day, Japanese citizens call for reform of immigration law to protect foreigners’ human rights