Japan Press Weekly

JCP Kurabayashi protests against top court ruling recognizing that imposition of the mandatory common surname is 'constitutional'

On a special appeal involving three couples in a de facto state of marriage, the Supreme Court's Grand Bench decided that Civil Code and Family Register Act provisions that reject the notification of dual-surname marriages "do not violate the Constitution". JCP Kurabayashi published a protest statement against this top court decision.

Women candidates for Metropolitan Assembly race account for 58.6% in JCP while only 15% in LDP

The number of women candidates running on the JCP ticket for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election totals 18 out of 31 candidates, accounting for 58.6%, while 15% and 13% of candidates are women in the LDP and Komei, respectively.

  44-year-old nuclear reactor becomes 1st aging reactor to be restarted

Kansai Electric Power Company recently reactivated the 44-year-old No.3 reactor at its Mihama nuclear power plant. The offline reactor whose operation life span of 40 years was brought online for the first time since the relevant law was revised in 2012.

Women candidates for Metropolitan Assembly race account for 58.6% in JCP while only 15% in LDP

Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election campaign officially starts amid COVID-19 pandemic

Purchase of US weapons and weapons systems come in 1st with 420.2 billion yen, far exceeding 2nd-place Japanese firm

Quarter of municipalities in Tokyo decline to participate in project to mobilize schoolchildren to attend Summer Games

US helicopters fly at low altitudes over central Tokyo using metropolitan gov't building as a marker

Drastic rise in minimum wages and an end to regional gaps are vital

 44-year-old nuclear reactor becomes 1st aging reactor to be restarted

JCP Kurabayashi protests against top court ruling recognizing that imposition of the mandatory common surname is 'constitutional'

No.2 reactor at Shimane NPP passes NRA’s safety screening

Shii on Twitter protests against China over Apple Daily’s closure

JCP chair on Twitter protests 2nd US airstrike in Syria/Iraq