Japan Press Weekly

Japanese society still maintains sexist ideology

Recent cases of jeering by male members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly and even in the National Diet at female colleagues have made it clear that the Japanese society is still maintaining sexist ideology.

Printing company workers counter union busting attempt

Labor union members at a printing company have been standing up against the company’s attempt to close the business in order to bust the union.

PM Abe admits SDF may engage in battle

Prime Minister Abe Shinzo acknowledged the possibility that Japan’s Self-Defense Forces troops may be involved in combat abroad.

Article 9 kept Japan from sending SDF to Vietnam

SDF propaganda event cancelled

Gov’t wants public to get used to seeing Ospreys flying overhead

Gov’t eager to dismiss public fears of possible introduction of military draft

Abe explains collective self-defense differently at home and abroad

40 SDF members dispatched overseas commit suicide

PM Abe admits SDF may engage in battle

Japan’s top court upholds government’s denial of possession of secret documents regarding Okinawa’s reversion

SDF may attack enemy jointly with US with right to collective self-defense: Kasai

PM: collective self-defense includes minesweeping operations in Hormuz Strait

 Minimum wage increase vital to improve people’s livelihoods

Court shuts its eyes to Shiseido’s unjust dismissal of temps

Ex-worker sues Nikon for illegal termination of his contract

Court recognizes action by Japan Post as unfair labor practice

 Gov’t should seek society where everyone can get full-time job

Results-oriented research climate causes STAP cell scandal

Printing company workers counter union busting attempt

 Make 2014 anti-nukes World Conference big first step toward nuclear weapons convention

Anti-nuke protests increase prior to release of safety report on Sendai NPP approaching

High court finds hate speech demonstrations illegal

Science Council of Japan calls for women’s minimum age for marriage to be raised to 18

Japanese society still maintains sexist ideology

Buried cultural assets of World Heritage in Nara face risk of damage