Japan Press Weekly

Court nullifies dismissal of man who asked for protection

The plaintiff’s lawyer stressed that the court ruling clearly pointed to employers’ responsibility to give consideration to safety regarding exposure to secondhand smoke.

JCP Kasai meets ex-‘comfort women’ in Korea

Japanese Communist Party House of Representatives member Kasai Akira visited the “House of Sharing” in Gwangiu-si in Gyunggi-do, a home for the living ex-“comfort women” who had been forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII.

Shii requests Obama to remove all US bases from Japan

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, protesting against the rape of a Japanese woman by U.S. navy soldiers in Okinawa, and demanded the withdrawal of all U.S. bases from Japan.

DPJ, LDP, and Komei use extra Diet session to further their interests without regard for public concerns

Nippon Ishin no Kai faces sluggish growth in party power

Supreme Court judges voting inequalities as unconstitutional

7 opposition parties call for Diet debate and a snap election

Shii explains to PM way to solve Senkaku, US rape, Osprey issues

Shii requests Obama to remove all US bases from Japan

US Congress warned of possible increase in soldiers’ crimes in Okinawa

Okinawans’ anger flares up against US soldiers’ assault

Angry protests against rape by US soldiers continue

Court nullifies dismissal of man who asked for protection

Transport workers union calls for safer and better working conditions

People with disabilities unavoidably dependent on their parents

Give relief to all patients: intractable disease sufferers

Examples of diversion of post-disaster recovery funds

80% of disaster-recovery fund given to major firms

JCP Kasai meets ex-‘comfort women’ in Korea

98% in public opinion poll oppose deregulation on US beef imports

Tokyo governor: lawsuit over excessive US base noise is just egoism of residents

JCP in Tokyo Assembly contributes to increasing transparent use of public funds

Japan’s largest women’s group marks 50th anniversary

Osaka Ishin no Kai seeks tighter restrictions on prefectural government workers’ political activities

Small hydropower generation receives attention

Diet passes 1st petition for increase in culture budget