Japan Press Weekly

March 1 Bikini Day rally held to ensure abolition of nuclear weapons

In the keynote speech, Noguchi Kunikazu, a representative of the Organizing Committee for the World Conference against A & H Bombs, called for greater efforts to create a surge in the movement to abolish nuclear weapons toward the 2010 conference to reassess the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

  International rules needed for money markets

As well as immediate monetary measures, it is necessary to impose more drastic and stricter restrictions on hedge funds and establish an international agreement that crude oil and grain, both vital for human existence, must not be manipulated for speculative purposes.

Shii says Ozawa’s argument for ‘Japan-U.S. alliance on an equal footing’ is deceptive

“It is deceptive for Democratic Party President Ozawa Ichiro to call for Japan-U.S. relations to be built on an equal footing while on the other hand agreeing with the U.S. secretary of state to further strengthen the alliance between the two countries,” said Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo.

Top DPJ official calls for arms export ban to be reviewed

Shii says Ozawa’s argument for ‘Japan-U.S. alliance on an equal footing’ is deceptive

 Dangerous ‘alliance to deal with many issues’

Sasebo residents protest against U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier’s visit

Local citizens demand halt to additional U.S. military housing construction

Diet summons auto industry representative over dismissal of temp workers

Metropolitan government promises to consider helping jobless people solve their immediate problems

Laid off temporary workers stage protest at Nippon Keidanren

Metal workers hold rally opposing massive dismissals

JCP calls for measures to provide foreign workers with better working conditions

Japanese and US troops beef up joint exercise ‘Keen Edge’ in Tokyo

 International rules needed for money markets

JCP Shii speaks to corporate auditors

Yoshioka Yoshinori dies

Government panel plan will force parents to find child day care center by themselves

 Though passed in Lower House, FY 2009 budget bill lacks any sense of crisis and offers no effective measures

Ginowan City mayor asks JCP for cooperation in opposition to U.S. Navy hospital construction

Some U.S. Marines in Okinawa will move to Guam but other Marines may come in: U.S. official

Court orders government to pay 5.7 billion yen for U.S. military aircraft noise at Kadena base in Okinawa

March 1 Bikini Day rally held to ensure abolition of nuclear weapons

International peace activists hold Bikini Day forum

Bikini Day Rally participants call for growth of Nuclear Abolition Movement

New mayor promises residents democratic and open administration

Tokyo moves to restrict residents’ political actions on streets

Ruling parties draft a bill to allow SDF to use weapons during ‘anti-piracy operation’ in waters off Somalia