Japan Press Weekly

JCP in Osaka calls for cancellation of cost-prohibitive 2025 World Expo

The JCP Osaka Prefectural Committee issued a statement demanding that the 2025 World Exposition be cancelled on the grounds that the ballooning price tag of the event will impose a heavier than acceptable burden on the general public.

Akahata editor in people's movements: all workers have right to strike

A UA Zensen-affiliated labor union of major department store operator Sogo-Seibu went on strike at the Seibu flagship store in Tokyo. Strikes, if flourishing nationwide, will open up new avenues which meet many workers' demands.

Ceremony held to remember 1923 Kameido Incident

A memorial service, marking the centennial anniversary of the Kameido Incident in which young labor and social activists were killed by the Japanese military and the police in the aftermath of the Great Kanto Earthquake, took place in Tokyo.

JCP in Osaka calls for cancellation of cost-prohibitive 2025 World Expo

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Candidate who confirms policies with JCP elected as Tachikawa City mayor

Over 360K signatures opposing implementation of sales tax invoice system submitted

JCP demands withdrawal of plan to deploy US military landing craft unit to Yokohama

Akahata editor in people's movements: all workers have right to strike

Unions urge Labor Ministry to take measures to eliminate hospital doctors’ excessively long working hours

Ceremony held to remember 1923 Kameido Incident

Memorial services held for Korean victims of the massacre 100 years ago

Shii sends telegram of condolence over death of Chilean Communist Party president