Japan Press Weekly

JCP Koike calls for governments to support increasing COVID-19 vaccination rate in Africa

JCP Secretariat Head Koike Akira emphasized the need to provide support in order to increase the COVID-19 vaccination rate in Africa by stating, "An increase in COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in Africa will lead to protection of people's lives in Japan."

  PM Kishida in policy speech expresses intent to accelerate people-unfriendly policies

Prime Minister Kishida Fumio delivered a policy speech at the extraordinary Diet session. His speech shows that his government will continue "old-style policies" which have been implemented over nine years since the second Abe regime.

207th extraordinary Diet session begins

The 207th extraordinary session of the Diet was convened. The Japanese Communist Party held a JCP Dietmembers’ general assembly in advance of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s policy speech.

207th extraordinary Diet session begins

 PM Kishida in policy speech expresses intent to accelerate people-unfriendly policies

JCP Koike calls for governments to support increasing COVID-19 vaccination rate in Africa

Japan’s omicron-related ban on entry excludes US military personnel

 PM Kishida’s vision for Digital Garden City Nation has nothing to do with revitalization of local economies

Major defense contractors donate 200 million yen in total to LDP

F16 fighter jettisons 2 fuel tanks in Aomori

JCP holds its 1st meeting on climate change

20 foreign trainees crammed into a room, forced to pay 30K yen/mth rent each

No.3 reactor at Ikata NPP reactivated despite numerous problems