Japan Press Weekly

Prewar court precedent showing coerciveness of Japanese military’s ‘comfort women’ system added to gov’t archive

JCP Kami pointed out that the judgement of prewar/wartime Japan’s top court can be considered as an evidence proving that the women were forced into serving as “comfort women”.

  Gov’t move to promote integration between gov’t, industry, and academia creates dangerous path toward becoming a war-fighting nation

The Ministry of Defense is accelerating its move to bring universities, public research institutes, and private business entities fully into military research and development projects.

JCP Koike criticizes CDPJ leader candidate’s remark regarding joint struggles with JCP

JCP Secretariat Head Koike Akira criticized a remark by a candidate running for the CDPJ leader that as a result of promoting joint struggles with the JCP, “the CDPJ’s vision for a future society became blurred,” as being inappropriate.

JCP Koike criticizes CDPJ leader candidate’s remark regarding joint struggles with JCP

 Gov’t move to promote integration between gov’t, industry, and academia creates dangerous path toward becoming a war-fighting nation

60% of non-regular public workers annually earn only less than 2.5 million yen

Minimum wage increase fails to keep pace with rising prices

Prewar court precedent showing coerciveness of Japanese military’s ‘comfort women’ system added to gov’t archive

Shii in Europe talks with left-wing and progressive parties regarding international cooperation for peace

Shii offers condolences on death of CPIM General Secretary Yechury