Japan Press Weekly

JCP Motomura: Special permission to stay in Japan should be granted to all children of visa overstayers

JCP lawmaker Motomura Nobuko demanded that in compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the government grant special permission to stay in Japan to all visa overstayers’ children who are on provisional release from detention.

Miyamoto urges gov’t to ratify ILO convention on elimination of violence and harassment at work

JCP lawmaker Miyamoto Toru demanded that the government ratify the ILO convention on the elimination of violence and harassment at work and establish a legal framework for a comprehensive ban on workplace harassment.

Japan-China-S. Korea summit fails to agree on nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and creation of regional peace framework

Their joint declaration shows a turning away from the 2019 summit document which states that both the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the creation of a peace structure in the region will be realized through resolving concerns of the parties

Japan-China-S. Korea summit fails to agree on nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and creation of regional peace framework

Opposition parties unite to ban donations from corporation and interest groups

LDP rejects opposition parties’ demand to ban corporate donations

Revised law that sidelines improvement of Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate enacted

Female candidate backed by JCP elected to Tokyo’s Minato Ward mayor

Miyamoto urges gov’t to ratify ILO convention on elimination of violence and harassment at work

JCP Motomura: Special permission to stay in Japan should be granted to all children of visa overstayers

Flammable gas detected at Osaka Expo construction site

All-Japan Teachers and Staffs Union calls for cancellation of project to invite children to Expo

Gov’t admits to existence of lists of Korean victims of 1945 Ukishima-maru incident

JCP delivers over 5 million yen in donations to Japan-based aid organizations working in Gaza