Japan Press Weekly

4,600 young workers hold rally for jobs with dignity

About 4,600 young people took part in a national rally in central Tokyo in protest against increasing poverty among youth and harsh corporate treatment of young workers. The area resounded with participants’ calls for labor rules to be established to ensure that young workers can work with dignity.

Government approves the plan to reduce 750 billion yen in medical costs

Based on the adverse medical reform that the Liberal Democratic and Komei parties railroaded through the Diet in 2006, the Health, Labor, and Welfare Ministry announced a plan to hold down medical costs through cuts in the number of hospital beds and enforcing shorter hospital stays.

Shii criticizes Aso’s policy speech and calls for drastic changes in policies

While the opposition Democratic Party and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are engaging in a blame game apparently with a general election in mind, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo made use of his question time in the House of Representatives to call for drastic changes that will create policies that put people first.

Various actions held against tax, medical, and welfare policies

JCP says thoroughgoing budget committee discussion is essential

Shii criticizes Aso’s policy speech and calls for drastic changes in policies

Ichida demands change of government’s basic policies

Aso instructs senior LDP officials to expedite discussion on right of collective self-defense

Four billion yen in tax money used to construct luxurious junior high school on U.S. base in Okinawa

DPJ also sees Japan-U.S. alliance as most important

Aso refuses to end Japan’s subservience to U.S.

Two U.S. Marines in Okinawa arrested for stealing taxicab

Former fixed-term Canon employee asks court to issue injunctions against his dismissal

Pilots say deregulation compromises airline safety and working conditions

4,600 young workers hold rally for jobs with dignity

Shii calls on young people to develop nationwide solidarity

Federation of Bar Associations says war-renouncing Article 9 has relevance today

Government approves the plan to reduce 750 billion yen in medical costs

JCP Ichida criticizes pension administration

Government defies Sapporo court ruling that favors Hibakusha

A student living in an apartment needs more than two million yen to enroll in private university