Japan Press Weekly

Shii speaks at meeting of Asian political parties

The Sixth General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties started on December 2 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with the theme “Asia’s Quest for a Better Tomorrow”. Japanese Communist Party Shii Kazuo delivered a speech entitled, “Towards Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World” at the plenary session. The full text is as follows:

Japan Peace Conference calls for Asia without military bases or military alliances

Nearly 1,200 people took part in the 2010 Japan Peace Conference from December 2 to 5, calling for a peaceful Japan and Asia without U.S. bases or military alliances. It was held in Nagasaki’s Sasebo City which hosts a huge U.S. Naval base.

DPJ and LDP do not debate policies but insult each other instead

In the latest extraordinary Diet session, people noticed that the Democratic Party of Japan and the Liberal Democratic Party were ignoring the general public and were insulting each other without bothering to debate their policies.

80% of DPJ funding, 70% of LDP come from gov’t subsidy

DPJ and LDP do not debate policies but insult each other instead

176th extraordinary Diet session ends

 Public comments are not reflected in budgets

DPJ seeking reunion with SDP

Where is Japan-US Security Treaty heading? -- Part III

Chinese trainees and interns seek payment of unpaid wages in court

Japan Peace Conference calls for Asia without military bases or military alliances

JCP’s political funding comes from grassroots support

Shii speaks at meeting of Asian political parties

Shii talks with FUNCINPEC party head

Shii meets with Cambodian People’s Party leader

Phnom Penh Declaration calls for negotiations for nuclear-free world

JCP starts one-year course on JCP Program and scientific socialism

580,000 people call for a budget hike for arts and culture

Tokyo gov’t must retract bill to restrict freedom of expression: JCP

Controversial ‘self-support’ law for the disabled extended

Korean school tuition waiver process suspended

 Rebuttals to Kan’s excuses to open agricultural market

The first anti-TPP joint struggle formed in primary industries

High court again orders state to open Isahaya Bay dike

Money from staffing firms goes to DPJ, LDP lawmakers

Ozawa collects political funds with method of dodging law

Publishers oppose Tokyo’s proposed censorship of expression