Japan Press Weekly

  Gov’t should fully investigate and offer formal apology for 1923 Korean massacre

September 1 marks 100 years since a massive quake hit the Kanto region in 1923. In the wake of the quake, due to wide-spread groundless rumors, many Koreans and Chinese were unjustly slaughtered by the military, police officers, and vigilantes.

Zenroren launches 2 campaigns toward year's end

The National Confederation of Trade Unions (Zenroren) announced two campaigns which will start this autumn: a campaign for law revisions to realize a nationally-uniform minimum hourly wage system and one for the promotion of gender equality.

Koike: Kishida gov’t should stop ocean discharge of Fukushima water and hold consultations with Chinese gov’t

JCP Secretariat Head Koike Akira made a comment on the Chinese government’s response to Japan’s release of Alps-treated radiation-tainted water into the ocean from Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Citizens hold protest against ruling coalition’s hasty move to end Japan’s ban on arms exports

Koike: Kishida gov’t should stop ocean discharge of Fukushima water and hold consultations with Chinese gov’t

Zenroren launches 2 campaigns toward year's end

French teachers at Athenee Francais go on strike to demand indefinite employment contracts

Shii: Stop Releasing Contaminated Water into the Sea

JCP Koike attends memorial for ex-POWs who died in Siberia and Mongolia

JCP submits proposal calling on gov’t to improve Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate as a vital task

Japan starts releasing radiation-tainted Fukushima water into ocean

 Gov’t should fully investigate and offer formal apology for 1923 Korean massacre

Shii talks with new Vietnamese ambassador to Japan