Japan Press Weekly

JCP 7th CC Plenum resolves to achieve victories in nationwide simultaneous local elections and 1.3-fold increase in party strength

The 7th Plenum confirmed that the party’s most important task this year is to achieve a 1.3-fold increase in party membership and Akahata readership from the 2020 level and a major advance in the coming spring’s nationwide simultaneous local elections.

Union and citizens in Mie’s Nabari City fight to protect city hospital

A local union in Mie’s Nabari City, which is affiliated with the National Confederation of Trade Unions (Zenroren), is waging a struggle jointly with local residents to block the city government’s move to privatize Nabari City Hospital.

Ignoring constitutional principle of separation of state and religion, PM Kishida visits Ise-jingu Shrine as his 1st political act of this year

This year again, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio visited Ise-jingu Shrine as his first task of the year. Looking back on the negative history of the prewar/wartime state-sanctioned Shinto system, his repeated visits to Ise-jingu are problematic.

 PM Kishida’s ‘double the child-related budget’ slogan is empty promise

LDP lawmaker resigns due to political funds scandal revealed by Sunday Akahata

Japan pressured the Philippines into continuing to host US bases

JCP Kasai demands retraction of new nuclear energy policy that throws away precious lessons derived from Fukushima disaster

Koike: JCP with its own budget proposal will conduct budget debate in Diet

Reconstruction minister and internal affairs parliamentary vice minister dismissed

NPP-related firms make \638 million in donations to LDP in 2021

Ignoring constitutional principle of separation of state and religion, PM Kishida visits Ise-jingu Shrine as his 1st political act of this year

Arms industry makes \166.2 million in political donations to LDP

US marine driving stolen car causes traffic accident

Gov’t pours 66.1 billion yen in tax money in suppression of Okinawans’ protests against Henoko base project

Zenroren demands that regional minimum wages be increased again to catch up with rising prices

About 45% of Ainu indigenous people earn less than 3 million yen a year

Record number of public school teachers take sick leave due to mental health problems

Union and citizens in Mie’s Nabari City fight to protect city hospital

Doctor-turned JCP lawmaker Koike gives free medical checkups during New-Year food aid event

 Let us make 2023 a year of advancing toward a gender-equal society

JCP talks with France Unbowed party lawmaker

JCP 7th CC Plenum resolves to achieve victories in nationwide simultaneous local elections and 1.3-fold increase in party strength