Japan Press Weekly

JCP Motomura urges gov’t to provide relief to overstayers’ children in compliance with UN Convention

JCP lawmaker Motomura Nobuko said that the situation faced by visa overstayers’ children who were born and raised in Japan constitutes a violation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Child (UNCRC).

Shii: To exclude or to include China? G7 will be tested

Asked by the press corps about a joint communique issued at the G7 foreign ministerial meeting, JCP Chair Shii Kazuo said, "G7 leaders will be tested as to whether they will opt for the exclusion or the inclusion of China."

JCP secures 909 seats in 2nd round of nationwide simultaneous local elections

In the second round of the 2023 nationwide simultaneous local elections, the JCP won 909 seats (94 seats in Tokyo ward assembly elections, 560 in city assembly elections, and 255 in town and village assembly elections).

JCP secures 909 seats in 2nd round of nationwide simultaneous local elections

Shii: To exclude or to include China? G7 will be tested

Shii speaks at Japan-China Parliamentarians' Friendship League general meeting

Municipal gov’ts increase their savings to 16 trillion yen while cutting public services that people need

JCP Motomura urges gov’t to provide relief to overstayers’ children in compliance with UN Convention

Min-iren calls for due medical care to asylum seekers on temporary release

 Grooming is sexual abuse

JCP Vice Chair Tamura at Rainbow Pride festival: I’ll work hard to realize marriage equality

Japan will certainly be left behind in confronting global climate change

 Myanmar Army should put into action '5-item agreement' made with ASEAN