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  • Local residents strongly concerned about Sendai NPP safety

    The Nuclear Regulation Authority on October 9 held a briefing session for local residents regarding the “safety” of the reactors at the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, most participants voicing doubts over the NRA’s explanation.

  • Top Court: state responsible for workers’ illnesses caused by asbestos

    The Supreme Court on October 9 issued a landmark ruling that recognizes the state’s responsibility for workers’ health damages caused by exposures to asbestos in factories in Osaka and ordered the government to pay compensation for damages.

  • JCP opposes revision of 1997 Japan-US defense plans

    Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo criticized an attempt to revise the Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation Guidelines as a first approach to create a system under which the SDF fights in wars abroad with the U.S. forces.
  • POLITICS

  • Health ministry to promote sales of ‘healthy’ boxed meals

  • JCP condemns blackmailers of university regarding ‘comfort women’ Asahi reports

  • Pushed by JCP, Abe promises to resign as advisor to pro-casino Dietmembers’ group

  • JFBA opposes ominous moves toward war

  • editorial Revision of Japan-US defense guidelines would allow SDF to join in wars abroad

  • Shii expresses concern over South Korea’s indictment of Japanese journalist for defamation

  • JCP opposes revision of 1997 Japan-US defense plans

  • Iwate Pref. Assembly objects to further consumption tax hike

  • editorial Business circle aims to manipulate political parties with corporate donations
  • LABOR

  • Care and welfare industries workers’ union calls for better working conditions

  • Top Court: state responsible for workers’ illnesses caused by asbestos

  • Women workers sue company for power harassment

  • Sony union members win closure of ‘room’ to humiliate workers
  • SOCIAL ISSUES

  • Local residents strongly concerned about Sendai NPP safety

  • For an asbestos-free society
  • JCP

  • This week’s JCP international activities
  • WELFARE

  • PM Abe’s inconsistent policy on child poverty

  • JCP issues proposal calling for improvement in scholarship program


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