Japan Press Weekly

  Support young workers to improve low birthrate

Japan’s birthrate stood at 1.39 in 2011, and the number of children born last year fell by 2,606 to a record low 1,050,698. The government should urgently implement appropriate measures to ease burdens on young workers and provide proper childcare support.

Japanese Brazilians want their voice to be heard by Japanese gov’t

The Shizuoka-based group requested that the government provide an opportunity to hear the testimonies of second generation Japanese Brazilians first hand so that the government understands the hardships encountered by Brazilians of Japanese descent whose parents came to Japan to work.

5 JCP candidates elected in Okinawa prefectural assembly election

The Japanese Communist Party in the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly election maintained its strength by securing 5 seats while the Democratic and the Liberal Democratic suffered losses as the Noda Cabinet sticks to the construction of a new U.S. base and the Osprey deployment to Okinawa.

Consumption tax hike will crush young people’s aspirations: JCP Miyamoto

Can English classes properly work with ALTs under illegal labor practice?

Tokyoites file case calling for halt to SDF ranger training exercise

Court rejects residents’ demand for cancelation of SDF ranger training exercise

Consumption tax hike will hurt economy

Shii in Hokkaido discusses ways to improve social welfare and end financial crisis

 Cooperation among nations needed to stop massacre in Syria

This week’s JCP international activities

Japanese Brazilians want their voice to be heard by Japanese gov’t

 Support young workers to improve low birthrate

Public housing units decreased by 32,000 in 5 years

JCP assembly members request Tokyo gov’t to promote home-visit services for mental patients

Disabled persons in Osaka oppose closing of sports facility

78% of Fukushima municipalities call for closure of all local nuclear reactors

Nuclear accident is worst form of pollution

NISA OKs continuous operations of 40-year-old reactor

Criticism increases against TEPCO’s power price hike plan

Hibakusha oppose restart of Oi NPP

Environment ministry blocks radiation damage photo display

Fukushima farmers protest against Oi NPP restart

JCP Yoshii calls for establishment of fully independent nuclear regulatory body

Okinawa promotion budget flows to mainland Japan

Okinawans support JCP’s people-oriented policies

 Give relief to all Hibakusha affected by ‘black rain’

5 JCP candidates elected in Okinawa prefectural assembly election

JCP criticizes Tokyo’s bid for 2020 Olympics

Forcing people to financially support their relatives violates human rights

Osakans urge mayor to return money used for political beliefs survey