Japan Press Weekly

Beneficiary-pays principle of nursing insurance law prevents low-income elderly from receiving care: JCP Nihi

Japanese Communist Party representative Nihi Sohei on February 4 at a House of Councilors committee meeting took up the issue of low-income elderly who are deprived of nursing care services.

Hatoyama urged to protect people’s livelihoods

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo used his question time on behalf of the party at the House of Representatives Plenary Session on February 2 to urge Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio to make a drastic change in his policies on key issues, including money scandals, protection of people’s livelihoods, and the U.S. base relocation issue.

Hatoyama’s answer is same as the former government

Hatoyama urged to protect people’s livelihoods

JCP:Government must change policy to one defending lives

DPJ sticks to toll-free expressway plan though controversial

Ichida calls for FTA negotiations to be cancelled

Hatoyama gives some positive responses to Shii

U.S. Marines conduct night fire drills

U.S. Navy is carrying out maintenance of N-powered carrier at Yokosuka

Reparations for U.S. soldier’s arson 8 years ago not made

Union activists urge Toyota to use internal reserves to help revitalize local economy

SDF dispatch to Haiti on PKO mission called into question

The background behind Toyota recall

JCP Ogata talks with Moroccan ambassador

Beneficiary-pays principle of nursing insurance law prevents low-income elderly from receiving care: JCP Nihi

Gensuikyo sets the goal of 6 million anti-nuclear signatures by mid-March