Japan Press Weekly

  Improvement in Braille ballot is necessary for visually-challenged voters

According to the Tokyo Council of Japan for the Visually Impaired, some voters with visual impairment had no choice but to give up voting because the list of the names in Braille was not available at early-voting stations.

Top court justices who rejected dual surname system receive many 'no' votes against them in national review

In a national review of the 15-member Supreme Court justices, all eleven contested judges won the confidence of voters, but the four judges who received the most "non-confidence" votes are those who had disapproved a dual-surname system.

Candidates for CDPJ leadership election value opposition parties’ collaboration in general election

JCP Secretariat Head Koike Akira said that three candidates for the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s new leadership election highly evaluated the unified efforts of opposition parties in the October 31 general election.

Candidates for CDPJ leadership election value opposition parties’ collaboration in general election

JCP policy commission chair criticizes PM Kishida for using COVID-19 economic package for military buildup

 Drastic gov’t measures needed to shift away from wage slump

Top court justices who rejected dual surname system receive many 'no' votes against them in national review

Improvement in Braille ballot is necessary for visually-challenged voters

Lawyers and plaintiffs in 4 Fukushima nuclear accident lawsuits ask JCP to work to gain relief for all victims

Elderly carry out sit-in to block gov’t from doubling their burden for medical payments

Int'l symposium at Japan Peace Conference discusses ways to build nuclear-free, peaceful Asia