Japan Press Weekly

Workers at major online printing company form union local

Young workers at Kyoto-based Printpac Corporation, a leading company in the Internet printing industry in Japan, organized a labor union, winning improved working conditions.

JCP opposes revision of gov’t statement offering apology to ‘comfort women’ victims

Japanese Communist Party Kokuta Keiji expressed his opposition to an attempt to set　up a body in the Diet to “re-examine” the Kono Statement which admits to the Japanese Army’s involvement in the wartime “comfort women” system.

Russia should refrain from military intervention in Ukraine: Shii

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo visited the Russian Embassy in Tokyo and requested that Russia refrain from taking military action in Ukraine.

JCP opposes revision of gov’t statement offering apology to ‘comfort women’ victims

Turning NHK into gov’t publicity organ is totally unacceptable: media people

LDP Dietmember: Japanese Constitution contravenes ‘itself’

Abe’s security policy contrary to ASEAN

Road construction under guise of fire prevention destroys local communities

Refunds to large exporters make a big dent in sales tax revenues

Ruling parties forcibly pass through Lower House draft budget relying on revenues from sales tax hike

JCP Sasaki criticizes gov’t for subsidizing political parties while planning to impose higher sales tax on people

City assembly denounces Abe’s move to legalize right to collective self-defense

Workers at major online printing company form union local

Refusal by Waseda Univ. to talk with unions is unfair: unions

Care workers forced to work long hours at night

Abe Cabinet subservient to staffing service industry

Not TPP but equality and mutual benefits are necessary

Russia should refrain from military intervention in Ukraine: Shii

JCP candidate wins in Saitama by-election

Another 351 people join court battle to shut down Genkai NPP

JCP Kasai criticizes NRA for playing down situation in Fukushima

Okinawans protest against SDF deployment in Ishigaki City

DefMin puts pressure on local paper to not cover SDF news in Ishigaki-jima

Bikini Day events mark 60th anniversary of US H-bomb test

High school students in Tokyo forced to participate in disaster drill with SDF

Man sues Watami’s home catering company for negligence in his mother’s death

Metropolitan museum demands removal of ‘political’ work