Japan Press Weekly

JCP Shiokawa: Urgent need to lower sales tax to 5%

Saying that the effective corporate tax rate fell to 29.74% in 2023 from 40.87% in 2003, JCP Lower House lawmaker Shiokawa stated that a correction in this preferential tax treatment for large corporations will enable lowering the consumption tax rate back to 5%.

JCP Koike in interpellation calls on gov’t to spend more for disaster victims in Noto and to enhance people’s livelihoods

JCP Secretariat Head Koike in his interpellation at the House of Councilors plenary session criticized PM Ishiba for prioritizing military expansion and support for big businesses in government spending.

JCP EC Chair Tamura proposes 5 reforms and presents ways to secure necessary financial resources

JCP Executive Committee Chair Tamura in her interpellation at the Lower House plenary session stressed the need for the government to make a shift in all policies in order to overcome the current hardships related to people’s livelihoods, and proposed ways to secure necessary financial resources.

JCP EC Chair Tamura proposes 5 reforms and presents ways to secure necessary financial resources

JCP Koike in interpellation calls on gov’t to spend more for disaster victims in Noto and to enhance people’s livelihoods

JCP Shiokawa: Urgent need to lower sales tax to 5%

JCP Koike: It is ‘Ishin’ that keeps giving helping hand to LDP

Opposition parties in unison vote for summoning of ex-Abe faction’s treasurer as unsworn witness

Google Japan workers sue company over unfair pay cuts

JCP EC Chair Tamura demands withdrawal of Japan’s countermeasure against CEDAW

JCP Tokyo metropolitan assemblymembers demand dismissal of Fuji TV’s ‘big boss’ as Tokyo metropolitan foundation chair

 Sex scandal involving Fuji TV exposes media companies’ corporate ethics regarding human rights

Unlike Japanese gov’t, S. Korean gov’t sends its representatives to memorial event for wartime mine disaster victims

All 11 JCP candidates elected to 7 municipal assemblies