Japan Press Weekly

(April 8, 2024)

Kishida gov’t’s move to promote military use of civil airports and seaports will increase their risk of being attacked

(April 8, 2024)

JCP Central Committee holds 2nd Plenum

(April 6, 2024)

JCP Kokuta demands cancellation of Japan-Israel EPA talks

(April 6, 2024)

JCP in Yokohama urges city gov’t to stop providing citizens’ personal data without their consent to SDF

(April 5, 2024)

LDP’s decision to punish 39 lawmakers does not deserve to be called ‘punishment’

(April 4, 2024)

Unionized security guards go on strike to demand drastic base-pay hike

(April 3, 2024)

Law trampling on residents’ constitutional rights should be abolished

(April 3, 2024)

Economic secrecy bill aims to facilitate weapons development with allies

(April 3, 2024)

Kishida gov’t supports semiconductor maker as part of its policy to turn Japan into war-fighting nation

(April 3, 2024)

Shii talks with CPV politburo member Mai

(April 2, 2024)

Japan may become biggest perpetrator of global climate change

(March 31, 2024)

JCP Kokuta warned of dangers of ‘functional foods’ 10 years ago

(March 30, 2024)

Motomura: UNRWA role in Gaza is essential

(March 30, 2024)

Yamazoe: Israel’s participation in Osaka Expo cannot fit Expo’s main theme ‘Future Society for Our Lives’

(March 30, 2024)

Kami: Gov’t should urge US to pay for the cost of PFAS countermeasures in Okinawa

(March 29, 2024)

Diet passes FY2024 budget incorporating largest-ever military budget

(March 28, 2024)

Step up international pressure for full implementation of UNSC Gaza ceasefire resolution

(March 28, 2024)

JCP Policy Commission Chair Yamazoe issues statement on Cabinet decision to export next-generation fighter jets

(March 28, 2024)

Bill on economic secrets would abuse corporate employees’ privacy

(March 28, 2024)

Kasai and Miyamoto attend reception at German Ambassador’s official residence in Tokyo

(March 27, 2024)

JCP Chair Tamura at FCCJ resolves to help realize gender equal Japan

(March 27, 2024)

Shii on X: Israel and US should comply with UNSC Gaza ceasefire resolution

(March 27, 2024)

JCP Chair Tamura talks with Minamata Disease lawsuit plaintiffs’ legal team

(March 26, 2024)

S. Korean forced labor victims’ families ask JCP for cooperation in support of their demands for full settlement

(March 26, 2024)

Kasai attends reception hosted by Australian Embassy in Japan

(March 25, 2024)

JCP Kasai opposes CCS project because of risk of accidents

(March 25, 2024)

Rally held to call for legalization of same-sex marriage

(March 23, 2024)

JCP Chair Tamura on livestreaming program calls for direct gov’t support for wage hikes at SMEs

(March 23, 2024)

Racist LDP lawmaker refuses to answer Akahata inquiry

(March 21, 2024)

Uruma citizens oppose gov’t plan to build GSDF training field near youth center

(March 20, 2024)

Tamura: Ishin party and DPFP are unacceptable partners in opposition parties’ joint struggle

(March 20, 2024)

Shiokawa calls for scrapping bill to expand state secret protection law to economic field

(March 20, 2024)

Deaths due to refraining from seeking medical care increase for 3rd year in row

(March 19, 2024)

Kasai joins in cross-party parliamentarians’ petition to Kishida gov’t for efforts to settle N. Korea abduction issue

(March 19, 2024)

IBM Japan’s refusal to explain unfairly-low wages for over 60-year-old workers ruled as illegal

(March 19, 2024)

Nissan bullied subcontractors by reducing its payments by more than 3 billion yen

(March 13 and 17, 2024)

Unionized non-regular workers at famous sushi chain ‘Sushiro’ go on strike for higher wages

(March 17, 2024)

\260 million in relief donations for Noto earthquake victims entrusted to JCP

(March 16, 2024)

High court: ban on same-sex marriage is against equality under the law

(March 16, 2024)

LDP ‘indecent feast’ exposes the party’s disrespectful regard of women

(March 15, 2024)

JCP Motomura opposes hasty introduction of post-divorce ‘joint custody’

(March 14, 2024)

Foreign Minister to JCP Kokuta: Israel’s acts violate international humanitarian law

(March 14, 2024)

Yamazoe criticizes Kishida gov’t for putting mock brake on export of jointly developed next-gen fighter jets

(March 14, 2024)

Local body in quake-hit Ishikawa Pref. asks Nihi to help foreign workers continue working in fishing industry

(March 13, 2024)

JCP Yamazoe: Stop introducing Israeli-made drones, benefiting Israeli war industry

(March 12, 2024)

Local dockworkers go on strike to protest call of USS Rafael Peralta at Ishigaki Port

(March 12, 2024)

Cross-party parliamentarians’ league formed to reform retrial system to save victims of wrongful convictions

(March 11, 2024)

Amid fierce protest from Okinawans, anti-ship missile equipment deployed in SDF base in Uruma City

(March 10, 2024)

Okinawa Governor and residents living near Yokota AB in western suburbs of Tokyo oppose restart of Osprey flights

(March 9, 2024)

On International Women’s Day in Japan, rally calling for legalization of selective dual surname system held