Japan Press Weekly

(August 25, 2023)

Japan starts releasing radiation-tainted Fukushima water into ocean

(August 24, 2023)

Citizens hold protest against ruling coalition’s hasty move to end Japan’s ban on arms exports

(August 24, 2023)

JCP Koike attends memorial for ex-POWs who died in Siberia and Mongolia

(August 24, 2023)

JCP submits proposal calling on gov’t to improve Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate as a vital task

(August 23, 2023)

Shii: Stop Releasing Contaminated Water into the Sea

(August 20 & 22, 2023)

JCP Koike: Ocean release of ALPS-treated water will be breach of promise

(August 20, 2023)

JCP Chair on the joint statement by Japan, US, and South Korea: JCP opposes move to create a new military framework

(August 20, 2023)

Shii attends 70th anniversary celebration of Min-iren

(August 19, 2023)

Cross-party assemblymembers of Tokyo's 3 cities protest against emergency landing of US aircraft

(August 19, 2023)

JCP demands that gov't ensure foreigners' right to work, health, and education

(August 17, 2023)

'Ishin' party identifies with pro-Yasukuni forces

(August 16, 2023)

107 rightwing Dietmembers visit war-glorifying Yasukuni Shrine on day of WWII end

(August 16, 2023)

Over 60% of municipal governments provide citizens’ personal data without their consent to SDF

(August 16, 2023)

Local lawmakers object to spent N-fuel interim storage facility in Kaminoseki Town

(August 16, 2023)

Tamura in Gwangbokjeol ceremony calls on Tokyo Gov. to send eulogy to 1923 Korean massacre memorial service

(August 15, 2023)

On 78th anniversary of war’s end, to realize a government preparing for peace is urgently needed

(August 15, 2023)

US marine arrested for drunken driving after crash

(August 11, 2023)

Civil Alliance to JCP: for policies which fully put into practice Article 9 and 13 of the Constitution

(August 10, 2023)

Shii criticizes remarks LDP vice president made in Taiwan

(August 10, 2023)

VFP Okinawa seeks solutions to PFAS contamination issue

(August 10, 2023)

JCP in Shimane urges prefectural gov’t to withdraw its consent to ‘pluthermal’ plan at Shimane NPP

(August 9, 2023)

2023 World Conference against A and H Bombs closes in Nagasaki

(August 9, 2023)

JCP Dietmembers visit Hibakusha nursing-care home in Nagasaki

(August 9, 2023)

JCP urges Environment Ministry to conduct PFAS health survey

(August 8, 2023)

No-nuke world conference in Nagasaki calls for solidarity to eliminate nukes

(August 7, 2023)

2023 World Conference Hiroshima Day Rally calls on world leaders to urgently take action for a nuclear-free world

(August 6 & 7, 2023)

JCP Dietmembers meet with Hiroshima Hibakusha

(August 7, 2023)

JCP Chair gives speech at 2023 World Conference against A and H Bombs Hiroshima Day Rally

(August 5 & 6, 2023)

Antinuke int'l meeting calls for cooperation of civil societies with gov'ts

(August 5, 2023)

JCP Nihi comments on gov’t policy to grant Japan-born foreign minors special permission to stay in Japan

(August 5, 2023)

JCP Koike: LDP should work to uncover facts behind alleged bribery involving LDP lawmaker

(August 3, 2023)

Komei Party newspaper uses demagogic propaganda against JCP

(August 2 & 3, 2023)

Union condemns Osaka Expo organizer’s demand for overtime cap exemption for Expo construction workers

(August 2, 2023)

JCP in Ishikawa calls for cancellation of Japan-Italy and Japan-Australia joint military air exercises

(August 2, 2023)

Women earn between 40% and 80% of men’s wages

(August 2, 2023)

JCP will urge gov't to grant special residency permit to overstayers' children and families

(July 29 & 31, 2023)

Ex-SDF chief calls for use of Yasukuni Shrine to enshrine SDF personnel who may die in future US wars

(July 30, 2023)

Tokyo Gov.: public criticism that Jingu Gaien redevelopment causes green space destruction is negative campaign

(July 29, 2023)

Hirakata City mayor apologizes to city workers' union for unfair labor practice

(July 29, 2023)

Number of suicides committed by SDF personnel increased by 1.4 times over last year

(July 29, 2023)

Labor Ministry panel recommends minimum hourly wage of over 1,000 yen but allows further widening of regional gaps

(July 28, 2023)

JCP Nihi talks with Kurdish children without residency status

(July 27, 2023)

Koike protests ‘Ishin’ head’s unjust attack on JCP

(July 27, 2023)

Osprey MV22s are defective and should be grounded and removed

(July 27, 2023)

Female Dietmembers of opposition parties criticize LDP for being unwilling to work for gender-equal Japan

(July 26, 2023)

Over 16K people call for additional welfare benefits during price surge and an increase in welfare benefit levels

(July 26, 2023)

JCP history book, ‘100 Years of the Japanese Communist Party’ published

(July 25, 2023)

Koike protests remark by ‘Ishin’ party head ‘JCP should not exist in Japan’

(July 25, 2023)

JCP Nihi demands cancellation of Japan-France joint military drills

(July 22 & 24, 2023)

Arsenic level 2,100 times higher than gov't drinking water safety standard detected in a town in Hokkaido's Niseko area