Japan Press Weekly

Okinawa Governor tells US Congresspersons of opposition to Henoko base construction

Okinawa Governor Onaga Takeshi, visiting the U.S. from May 27 to June 5, met with U.S. Congresspersons in Hawaii and told them about Okinawans’ strong opposition to the construction of a new U.S. base in the Henoko coastal area in Nago City.

Deliberation starts on JCP-proposed bills banning corporate donations and terminating gov’t funding for political parties

JCP Dietmember Kokuta Keiji, for the first time in 15 years as a JCP representative, explained the purpose of the two bills at a House Committee meeting.

Shii upsets PM Abe by asking questions about Japan’s use of collective self-defense right in possible US wars of aggression

In the on-going Diet deliberations on the war bills, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo was upset when grilled by Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo about the possibility that Japan will join in U.S. lawless wars by exercising its collective self-defense right.

Shii upsets PM Abe by asking questions about Japan’s use of collective self-defense right in possible US wars of aggression

Deliberation starts on JCP-proposed bills banning corporate donations and terminating gov’t funding for political parties

Okinawa Governor tells US Congresspersons of opposition to Henoko base construction

 Kill Abe’s war legislation bills that totally trample on Constitution

City-wide group formed to oppose new base in Nago

Ruling coalition forcibly enacts bill to increase people’s burdens for public health insurance system

Abe’s plan to use public fund to support arms exports unacceptable

Civil movements opposing war legislation are growing across Japan

JCP urges government to use tax money for better judicial services rather than for Osprey purchase

Local residents form group to protect their hometowns from having hand in supporting wars

Ex-Bloomberg reporter again wins lawsuit over company’s unfair dismissal

54 SDF members commit suicide after returning from abroad

Tokyo gov’t to withdraw from bank business after squandering Tokyoites’ money

Violent volcanic eruption increasing public anxieties about safety of Sendai NPP

Kyoto women march for gender equal society

JCP demands that gov’t take emergency measures to help volcano evacuees

Leak of personal information about public pensions overturns basis of ‘My Number’ system

Weak yen hurts small domestic businesses and household budgets

‘Peace by force of arms’ is outdated notion: university student in Okinawa

Organizers of world conference against atomic weapons resolve to achieve success

Cuts in pension benefits are unconstitutional: pensioners