Japan Press Weekly

LDP accelerates move to increase consumption tax

50th anniversary of the revised Japan-US Security Treaty: an outdated and unnecessary military alliance

PM in Okinawa never touches on Futenma issue

Elementary school next to Futenma base conducts plane crash evacuation drill

Kan promises Obama realization of Japan-US agreement on Futenma

Former JNR workers settle 23-year legal battle over unfair dismissals

Ogata meets with Philippine ambassador

UN urges Japan to have child-friendly education system

 Deficiency in revenues from corporate and income taxes, not from consumption tax Akahata editorial (excerpts)

DPJ plans to enact a tax hike bill by March 2011

How can ‘strong economy’ be built with consumption tax hike? Akahata ‘current’ column

Top 20 firms increase their internal reserves by 1.5 trillion yen

‘High’ corporate tax is not the reason for their moves overseas

Party heads debate consumption tax and Futenma base issue

Iju victory in Okinawa is most effective way of resolving Futenma base issue

18-day election battle officially starts

Anti-base SDP ties up with pro-base DPJ in election

DPJ manual shows candidates how to explain away policy change to voters

DPJ Edano falsely attacks JCP regarding trade union support