Japan Press Weekly

Shii meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo told Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung that Shii has no intention to interfere with Vietnam’s energy policy but considers it a duty, as a comrade and a communist, to speak of the dangers associated with exporting nuclear power plant technologies from Japan to Vietnam.

10,000 rally in Fukushima calling for no more NPPs

10,000 people marched in demonstration through Fukushima City on October 30, shouting, “No nuclear power plants! Completely clean up radiation contaminated sites! Full compensation is a must!”

TPP to threaten food safety

Public concern is growing that the entry into the TPP free-trade pact will threaten domestic food safety. The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has called on other countries to revise their food safety-related regulations. If Japan joins in the TPP negotiations, such requests will likely be presented by the U.S.

PM will sow misery not ‘hope’: JCP Shii

Japan has jurisdiction over crimes by US military attached civilian employees in Japan: JCP

Save 1 trillion yen before talking about safety: JAL

Court rules JAL’s harassment against CA illegal

TPP to threaten food safety

Japanese farmers and doctors to jointly block TPP

 Build solidarity among 99% to change economic system

TPP will debilitate Japan’s public healthcare system

USTR thinks Japanese rules obstructive

JCP holds nationwide action in concert with farmers’ anti-TPP rally

Don’t fear Japanese farmers opposing TPP: Ex-US Senior Official

 Were the wars to overturn Iraqi and Libyan gov’ts legitimate?

Shii meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister

JCP and CPV hold 4th theoretical exchange meeting

10th JCP municipal mayor elected

10,000 disabled persons call for a needs-based law

10,000 rally in Fukushima calling for no more NPPs

Business circle ignores objection and embarks on N-reactors

Largest psychological operation in history

NISA admits taking no measures against severe nuclear accidents

 New US base at Henoko must not be allowed

Base construction is unacceptable: Okinawan leaders tell PM Noda

Osaka governor clashes with educational board members

 Gov’t should stop intervening in textbook use