Japan Press Weekly

Shii calls for retraction of Cabinet decision enabling Japan to use collective self-defense right

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on July 1 harshly criticized the Abe Cabinet for making a decision to allow Japan to use the collective self-defense right, and demanded the retraction of the Cabinet decision.

Payroll cuts put Japan’s steel industry in danger

Serious accidents have frequently occurred at iron and steel factories in Japan. This is the result of Japan’s leading steelmakers’ management style which cuts labor costs to increase profits.

  Mr. prime minister, are you saying lives are as light as feathers?

Prime Minister Abe Shinzo intends to turn Japan into a country fighting wars abroad. Does he want teachers to again teach children that human lives are as light as feathers?

Defense bureau will support fishermen suffering from damages caused by US warship

JCP Yamashita criticizes Abe’s new economic policy

Political parties except JCP overlook sexist jeering issue

LDP Komura insults local assemblies opposing constitutional reinterpretations

Mr. prime minister, are you saying lives are as light as feathers?

Logistics support involves risk of death: SDF member in Akahata interview

Okinawans’ sit-in protest against new US military helipads marks 7th anniversary

How can Komei Party call itself a ‘pacifist’ party?

Japanese firm uses Indonesians as exploited laborers

Lawyers protest Abe’s deregulation of labor laws

Does Abe’s growth strategy really support women’s participation in workforce?

More local gov’ts work to ensure decent wages in public contracts

Payroll cuts put Japan’s steel industry in danger

Court condemns mine operators for putting workers at health risks

Sakae Village thanks local JCP for quake-relief efforts

Shii calls for retraction of Cabinet decision enabling Japan to use collective self-defense right

This week’s JCP international activity

Half the population of city near Sendai NPP opposes nuclear restart

Major utilities face shareholder activism opposing nuclear power

5,500 people raise voices against gov’t plan to restart Sendai NPP