Japan Press Weekly


Providing information of progressive, democratic movements in Japan
Home
HOME  > 2013 Aug 14 - Aug 20
Prev Search Next


  • JCP increases its votes in NPP-dependent municipalities

    In Fukui Prefecture, which hosts a total of 15 nuclear reactors, the Japanese Communist Party calling for an immediate departure from nuclear power generation increased the number of votes it received in the House of Councilors election last month.

  • Hibakusha voice anger over restriction on access to ‘Barefoot Gen’

    The Matsue City Board of Education decided to restrict free viewing of “Barefoot Gen”, a cartoon story of Hiroshima, by public school students at their school libraries, provoking criticism from Hibakusha (A-bomb survivors) and citizens.

  • Abe Cabinet heading down the path to the past

    Abe Cabinet members’ visit to the war-praising Yasukuni Shrine on August 15, the 68th anniversary of the end of WWII, poses a challenge to other Asian nations which suffered from Imperial Japan’s war of aggression.
  • POLITICS

  • Abe cabinet members visit Yasukuni Shrine

  • Abe Cabinet heading down the path to the past

  • editorial US drone attacks cannot bring peace
  • US FORCES

  • US resumes HH-60 flights just 11 days after crash

  • Military authorities leave damages for taxi holdup by 2 US Marines unpaid
  • LABOR

  • Number of non-regular workers reaches record high

  • Court recognizes home helper as suffering from work-related illness
  • SDF

  • We will share info on SDF possession of poison gases with local residents: gov’t response to JCP Dietman
  • JCP

  • JCP issues statement on 68th anniversary of end of WWII

  • JCP Kasai attends ceremony marking Korean liberation from Japan’s colonization

  • JCP increases its votes in NPP-dependent municipalities
  • WELFARE

  • Welfare offices reject complaints about welfare payment cuts
  • OKINAWA

  • Univ. in Okinawa marks 9th anniversary of US chopper crash onto its campus

  • US copter crash could pollute Okinawans drinking water source: Naha City Assembly

  • Ex-South Pacific island residents from Okinawa sue gov’t for war damages

  • Takae residents demand halt to US forces’ Osprey helipads construction
  • ANTI-N-ARMS

  • Hibakusha voice anger over restriction on access to ‘Barefoot Gen’
  • EDUCATION

  • JCP demands halt to recall of supplementary text depicting 1923 mass murder of Koreans


Prev Next
Mobile  PC 
Copyright (C) Japan Press Service Co.,Ltd. All right reserved