Japan Press Weekly

All 5 JCP candidates win in Kami City Assembly election in Kochi Pref.

All five Japanese Communist Party candidates won in the Kami City Assembly election in Kochi Prefecture. Since the general election in late October of last year, JCP candidates have won all the seats they contested in local elections in the prefecture.

About 60% of fixed-term contract workers in municipalities work under ‘working poor’ conditions: Union survey

A Jichiroren survey showed that nearly 60% of municipal workers with fixed-term employment contracts are in the “working poor” category because they have an annual income of less than two million yen.

4K citizens rally to oppose ex-PM Abe’s ‘state funeral’

Holding placards that read, “Cancel the state funeral!” and “Don’t force on the general public the need to express condolences over Abe’s death!”, 4,000 citizens assembled in front of the main gate of the Diet building.

4K citizens rally to oppose ex-PM Abe’s ‘state funeral’

 Defense Ministry requests record high \5.6 trillion in its budget for next fiscal year

Teachers’ union to Education Minister: Don’t force public schools to express condolences during Abe state funeral

LDP Shimomura accepted fundraiser-ticket purchases from Moonies when he as education minister approved Moonies' name change

Will gov’t move to revise foreign trainee system lead to end of existing human rights violations?

About 60% of fixed-term contract workers in municipalities work under ‘working poor’ conditions: Union survey

Amid local protests, 40-plus-years-old reactor at Mihama NPP forcibly restarted

Large corporations’ internal reserves increase to nearly 500 trillion yen

All 5 JCP candidates win in Kami City Assembly election in Kochi Pref.