Japan Press Weekly

JCP is number-one party in backing citizens’ demands

In the previous session of the Diet, Japanese Communist Party Dietmembers gave support to 73.15% of all petitions brought by citizens, the highest percentage among all the political parties.

  Start of dialogues for normalizing US-Cuba relations is welcome advance

The U.S. and Cuban leaders recently announced that the two nations will open negotiations to normalize their relations suspended since 1961. Behind this historic change lies a growing international criticism over the U.S. embargo against Cuba.

Ruling parties’ ‘major victory’ in general election is pure fiction

Japan’s media unanimously reported that the ruling parties won a “landslide victory” in the recent Lower House election. But it could hardly be said that the Abe government gained credit with the general public.

Ruling parties’ ‘major victory’ in general election is pure fiction

‘3rd pole’ significantly suffers loss after snuggling up to power

 Start of dialogues for normalizing US-Cuba relations is welcome advance

Y31 billion in taxpayer money spent to fund political parties with exception of JCP

 Stop working to revise Japan-US Defense Guidelines

Behind the headlines of ‘landslide LDP victory’

Japanese gov’t spends Y674 billion on US bases

Drunken US soldier arrested for attacking police officer

JCP local assembly members in Kochi call for investigation into US military jet’s low-altitude flights

Zenroren offers nationwide labor counselling service

Japanese single mothers hard to escape from poverty despite having jobs

Transfer order to unionized zoo workers illegal: court

J-Power asks for NRA’s approval for uncompleted Oma nuclear power plant

Citizens protest NRA’s approval of draft report confirming safety of Takahama NPP

Citizens demand withdrawal of approval of maglev railway construction

Hibakusha oppose US plan to designate atomic research sites as national park

JCP is number-one party in backing citizens’ demands

All JCP Dietmembers express to each other their determination to fight

JCP is dominant in the percentage of Dietwomen

Due to the New Year holidays, the next issue will appear on January 9, 2015.