Japan Press Weekly

PM urged to negotiate with U.S. for unconditional withdrawal of Futenma base

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo held talks with Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio on December 14 and urged the government to start negotiations with the U.S. government for the closure of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa instead of seeking to resolve the issue by ‘relocating’ the base within Okinawa.

Business circles laid groundwork for construction of authoritarian state

The new government is now pushing ahead with various reactionary policies such as “integrating the cabinet and ruling parties” and the “banning of bureaucrats from participating in Diet discussions” on the pretext of the need to have politicians take the initiatives, apparently in line with business circles interests.

Business circles laid groundwork for construction of authoritarian state

LDP focuses on constitutional revision

 U.S. military refuses to hand over four children of U.S. servicemen allegedly involved in attempted murder

7 female temporary workers fight against Shiseido’s dismissal

PM Hatoyama urged immediate measures to improve employment situation

Sit-in held to protest against closure of three metropolitan children’s hospitals

Okinawans say they felt threatened by foreign minister

PM Hatoyama says different things on different days about Futenma base

JCP and Mayor agree to demand unconditional removal of Futenma base

U.S. urges Japan to resolve Futenma issue by Dec. 18th

PM urged to negotiate with U.S. for unconditional withdrawal of Futenma base

Court ruling: Anti-U.S. helipad sit-ins are not sabotage

Okinawans call for transfer of U.S. serviceman suspected in hit-and-run

‘Green Wave’ action ends

Tokyo court rejects Tokyo air-raid victims’ claim