Japan Press Weekly

JCP proposes cuts in expensive tuitions

In announcing a Japanese Communist Party policy proposal for reducing the financial burdens associated with the payment of tuition fees, JCP Policy Commission Chair Koike Akira said that the proposal requires 190 billion yen a year but added that it is realizable by “abolishing the so-called sympathy budget for U.S. forces.”

  Japan’s official development assistance should be directed at combating poverty

Japan cannot escape international criticism for turning its back on the commitment made by the international community at the U.N. Millennium Summit in 2000 to halve by 2015 the number of people in extreme poverty and hunger.

SDF activities in Iraq violate the Constitution: high court

The Nagoya High Court said that Iraq is in a state of armed conflict, and thus the ASDF’s airlifting mission there is an act “integral to foreign countries’ use of force,” which runs counter to the Special Measures Law on Iraq as well as Article 9, paragraph one of the Constitution that prohibits Japan from participating in wars.

40% of low-income earners are hesitant to go to see doctor

Medical associations in 10 prefectures oppose discriminatory healthcare for people aged 75 and older

Japan paying highway tolls for U.S. soldiers’ visits to Tokyo Disney Resort

Over half of medical workers want to quit their jobs: survey

Dismissal of whistleblower for poor tunneling withdrawn

Five party representatives call for ban on use of temporary workers for day labor

Toyota forces non-regular workers to perform ‘voluntary’ activities

SDF activities in Iraq violate the Constitution: high court

 Accept court decision and pull SDF out of Iraq now

Foreign minister dismisses high court judge over ruling

JCP criticizes government’s reaction to high court ruling on ASDF mission in Iraq

76 civil engineers sent to assist in SDF operations in Afghanistan and Iraq

Young lawmakers in pro-national defense caucus resume activities

Shii hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi

Shii attends dinner for South Korean president

JCP proposes cuts in expensive tuitions

Okinawa urges government to reinsert the fact of ‘military coercion’ in textbooks

All JCP candidates returned in April 20 local elections

 Japan has many things to do to break through global food crisis

JCP agricultural revitalization policy warmly discussed in Akita

Ex-defense official’s corruption trial begins

 Japan’s official development assistance should be directed at combating poverty