Japan Press Weekly

Fukushima residents submit 120,000 signatures for free medical care for children

Fukushima residents submitted to parliamentarians in Tokyo more than 120,000 signatures calling for free medical services for children in Fukushima who are 18 years old and younger.

JCP Nagoya City Assembly members protest against mayor’s denial of Nanjing Massacre

JCP members of the Nagoya City Assembly petitioned City Mayor Kawamura to retract his remarks denying the Nanjing Massacre by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1937, stating that his remarks inexcusably distort historical facts.

US corporate interests in TPP overshadow Japan’s economy

Proposal that U.S. large corporations have sent to the U.S. government over Japan’s participation in the TPP are filled with their excessive requests.

\270 million in donations from securities firms to LDP and DPJ for extending tax breaks

Small part of US base will be returned to city, partly at the city’s expense

Top court recognizes Victor Co. independent contractors as workers under the Labor Union Law

Izakaya restaurant chain worker’s suicide recognized as work-related

National gov’t workers suffer pay cuts while having no right to collective bargaining

JCP Takahashi calls for countermeasure against closure of factories

TV worker struggles in court for stable job

US corporate interests in TPP overshadow Japan’s economy

Consumption tax hike will lead to decrease in GDP and jobs

Symposiums: TPP threatens lives, jobs, healthcare, and agriculture

Shii sends condolences to Chongryun

Ogata attends Filipino People Power Revolution ceremony

Fukushima residents submit 120,000 signatures for free medical care for children

Companies headed by local assembly members receive contracts from KEPCO

Residents protest PM’s visit to Okinawa

JCP Nagoya City Assembly members protest against mayor’s denial of Nanjing Massacre

Accounts of ‘comfort women’ and ‘bloodshed’ erased from Okinawa Battle monument

JCP Miyamoto demands that gov’t introduce grant-type scholarship programs

Former Tokyo gov’t officials rehired by firms involved in Tsukiji transfer project

Pension fund-managing firms must be monitored more strictly: JCP Sasaki

Osaka City education board forgoes survey on political beliefs of teachers