Japan Press Weekly

(June 14, 2007)

Pro-Yasukuni forces set up parliamentarian league to press China

(June 14, 2007)

Japan-U.S. joint command in action at Yokota AB

(June 13, 2007)

LDP factions’ party tickets were mostly bought by major corporations

(June 13, 2007)

Democratic organizations urge Defense Ministry to discontinue surveillance of citizens

(June 13, 2007)

New farm minister received donations suspected to be illegal

(June 12, 2007)

JCP Ichida on G8 Summit

(June 10, 2007)

G8 Summit agreement will be tested by whether participating countries can take effective measures

(June 10, 2007)

Okinawans rally against history textbook revision

(June 10 & 12, 2007)

Japan Peace Committee Congress calls for increased efforts in defense of Constitution

(June 9, 2007)

JCP revelation of SDF surveillance of the public receives widespread press coverage

( June 9, 2007)

JCP Takahashi calls for establishment of national minimum wage system with hourly wage of 1,000 yen

(June 8, 2007)

Shii criticizes government response to SDF monitoring of the public

(June 8, 2007)

Government panel calls for further slashing of social welfare programs

( June 8, 2007)

Bill to revise public service law pushed through Lower House

(June 7, 2007)

'SDF monitored civil movement,' JCP Shii reveals

(June 7 & 8, 2007)

14.3 million more pension records reported as unidentified

(June 6, and 7, 2007)

JCP launches election campaign focusing on young people

(June 6, 2007)

LDP election platform pledges to have Diet propose constitutional revision in 2010

(June 6 & 7, 2007)

Nihon Hidankyo holds general meeting

(June 6, 2007)

Unidentified pension premium payment total could be as much as 20 trillion yen: JCP Koike

( June 6, 2007)

JCP delivers donation to quake victims

(June 5, 2007)

Residents choose as mayor JCP member who is calling for a change in use of tax money

(June 5, 2007)

Victims urge government and automakers to settle air-pollution dispute

(June 5, 2007)

Minamata-disease patients demand early relief

(June 4 & 5, 2007)

JCP member elected Warabi City mayor

(June 4, 2007)

LDP and DPJ field pro-Yasukuni candidates in House of Councilors election

(June 4, 2007)

GSDF Central Readiness Regiment: advance force to fight in wars abroad

(June 2, 2007)

Pro-Yasukuni Dietmember appointed as new Agriculture Minister

(June 2, 2007)

Advertising agencies are heavily engaged in politics

(June 1 & 2, 2007)

Abe’s rampage is further deepening cabinet crisis: JCP Shii on forcible passage of pension bills

(June 1, 2007)

50 million pension records remain unidentified

(June 1, 2007)

International panel to investigate Japanese teachers’ status

(June 1, 2007)

Toyota subcontractors paid Vietnamese trainees much less than minimum wage

(May 31, 2007)

LDP and Komei push pension bill through Lower House committee to evade state responsibility for pension fiasco

(May 31, 2007)

Government offers 6 billion yen for air pollution victims in Tokyo

(May 30, 2007)

Supreme Court refuses to compensate for ‘future damage’ in mammoth suit against noise pollution at U.S. Yokota Air Base

(May 30, 2007)

Wartime Mass suicide-experienced Okinawan village protests government textbook screening that denies forced ‘mass suicide’

(May 30, 2007)

Non-regular workers account for record-high 33.7% of labor force

(May 30, 2007)

Ogata meets with CPV delegation

(May 29, 2007)

JCP Kami criticizes Defense Ministry for being extremely lenient with sexual harassment perpetrators in SDF

(May 29, 2007)

Popular stage performers form labor union to fight wage cuts

(May 29, 2007)

Agriculture Minister Matsuoka commits suicide

(May 29, 2007)

Agriculture Minister’s suicide must not put an end to investigations into his scandals

(May 27, 2007)

'Japan Conference,' pro-Yasukuni force, makes up the core of Abe Cabinet

(May 27, 2007)

Pro-Yasukuni parliamentary groups backing up Abe Cabinet

(May 26, 2007)

Abe Cabinet trampling on environment assessment law to construct new U.S. base in Okinawa

(May 26, 2007)

LDP and Komei push bill through Lower House committee to dissolve Social Insurance Agency

(May 25, 2007)

LDP, Komei, and DPJ pass bill through Lower House to establish SDF unit to be deployed abroad

(May 25, 2007)

6 people arrested in forestry bid-riggings: Bureaucrats favored corporations that hire retired officials

(May 24, 2007)

Keidanren chair supports Abe’s plan to highlight constitutional revision policy in Upper House election