Japan Press Weekly

A JCP member again succeeds in winning reelection as Tokyo’s Komae City mayor

In a close race for Tokyo’s Komae City mayor, Yano Yutaka, a Japanese Communist Party member, won a fourth term on June 22 by defeating by a large margin two candidates, one backed by the Liberal Democratic and Komei parties, and the other by the Democratic Party-Seikatsusha Network.

  Government measures needed to support the survival of fisheries

Seafood, essential for the eating habits of the Japanese, is in the face of crisis due to the fuel price hike. Nationwide suspension of fishing has been decided by 12 fisheries organizations, including the Japan Fisheries Association and the National Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations.

DPJ’s quest for closer relations with business world

The DPJ is asking corporations, business organizations, and company unions for cooperation in holding a fundraiser at a Tokyo hotel on July 14 in preparation for the next House of Representatives general election.

JCP lawmakers wage good fight: JCP Shii on closed Diet session

DPJ’s quest for closer relations with business world

Cross-party lawmakers demand an end to policy restraining expenditure on social services

Anti-poverty network requests government to stop cutting social services costs

Government panel on social security apparently suggests imposing greater financial burdens on the public

U.S. Navy publishes manga in PR campaign for incoming nuclear aircraft carrier George Washington

 Stop U.S. military ‘realignment’ in Japan

Unions stage action demanding minimum wage increase to 1,000 yen

Zenroren holds a symposium on foreign trainees program

Ruling block team issues interim report on permanent law for SDF mission abroad

Japan and China agree on joint gas development

Social uneasiness increases suicides

JCP requests government swiftly take relief measures for quake victims

Fukuda says time is ripe for decision to increase consumption tax rate

Okinawans mark 63rd anniversary of Battle of Okinawa’s end

Nagasaki court orders government to revoke its rejection of certification of A-bomb disease patients

A JCP member again succeeds in winning reelection as Tokyo’s Komae City mayor

 Government measures needed to support the survival of fisheries

Fishermen call for state support

JCP Chair Shii attends symposium on rebuilding Japan’s agriculture

JCP criticizes Tokyo for plan to squander 1 trillion-yen on Olympic-related projects

JCP urges Tokyo governor to come up with energy-saving plan