Japan Press Weekly

TEPCO tasks claimants with 60-page form and 160-page manual

The Tokyo Electric Power Co. requires victims of Fukushima nuclear accidents to fill out a lot of paperwork to request compensation for damages. Anger is spreading among the victims because the required paperwork is discouraging them from attempting to make claims for compensation.

NPP-hosting localities awash in subsidies

The government along with the financial and industrial worlds together created a mechanism to entice local municipalities to promote nuclear power generation by throwing money at them. The money appeared in the form of subsidies.

  Ignoring demand of Okinawans, Noda promises Obama a new US base in Okinawa

Prime Minster Noda Yoshihiko on September 21 held talks with U.S. President Barack Obama at the U.N. Headquarters in New York and stated that Japan will further “deepen and develop” its alliance with the United States.

 Ignoring demand of Okinawans, Noda promises Obama a new US base in Okinawa

US forces in Okinawa hide new facility name from public

Rally for a nuclear-free Yokosuka

JCP Kasai opposes SDF dispatch to South Sudan

TPP opens gov’t procurement to foreign capital (Part 1)

TPP opens gov’t procurement to foreign capital (Part 2)

Ogata speaks at a peace forum in China

NPP-hosting localities awash in subsidies

TEPCO tasks claimants with 60-page form and 160-page manual

500 million yen disappears into ex-PM Tanaka’s coffers

PM intends to restart suspended NPPs by next summer

Noda at UN declares promotion of nuclear power generation

Local assembly resolution calls for permanent shutdown of Hamaoka NPP

Academics from Yokohama point out problems with nationalist-biased history textbook

Osaka teachers’ union handed to Osaka governor’s party signatures opposing bills to control education

All JCP candidates win in Nagano City

Former Ozawa secretaries found guilty