Japan Press Weekly

2007 World Conference against A & H Bombs receives messages from governments

The Organizing Committee of the 2007 World Conference against A & H Bombs received messages from governments of New Zealand, Mexico, Laos, and Lithuania as of July 31.

Abe defies public outcry to step down

JCP Chair Shii said, “I think Prime Minister Abe must step down. Mr. Abe said his policies concerning the Constitution, education, and the consumption tax will not change. However, I strongly urge the LDP to reflect on its policies and refrain from pushing them.”

JCP on House of Councilors election results

The JCP won three seats in the national proportional representation constituency, a decrease of one, but it maintained its position by receiving about 4.4 million votes (7.48 percent of the total votes cast), up from the 2004 and 2001 Upper House elections.

Abe defies public outcry to step down

JCP Shii urges prime minister to swiftly assist quake victims and review nuclear power plant safety standards

JCP hands over 2 million yen to quake-hit Niigata Prefecture

Local assembly adopts resolution protesting against U.S. Marine Corps armored car’s trespassing on schoolyard

Unionized non-regular workers win victory in labor tribunal

Advisory panel to give prime minister authority over constitutional interpretations on collective self-defense issues

Government pamphlet claims existing nuclear power plants can withstand any great earthquake

104 overseas delegates from 22 countries and 5 international organizations to participate in World Conference against A & H Bombs

2007 World Conference against A & H Bombs receives messages from governments

6th court ruling against state over A-bomb disease sufferer recognition

Textbook authors demand correction of account of wartime ‘mass suicide’ in Okinawa

Tokyo adopts infamous rightist history and civics textbooks

LDP-Komei block suffers historic setback; JCP gains 3 seats

JCP on House of Councilors election results

Agriculture minister’s additional corruption scandal exposed