Japan Press Weekly

Pension data entry staff are outsourced workers

Japan Pension Service, currently under fire for the leak of personal data, has been outsourcing data entry work and allowing temporary workers to have access to the shared server where large volumes of personal information are stored.

Onaga: Okinawans’ opposition to base construction wins sympathy in US

The Okinawa governor in Washington D.C. said that his one-week visit to the U.S. has contributed to gaining public sympathy for Okinawans’ continued strong opposition to the planned construction of a new U.S. military base in Okinawa.

  All constitutional scholars in parliamentary hearing criticize war legislation as unconstitutional

All three constitutional scholars, unsworn witnesses to the Diet including one recommended by the LDP itself, declared the proposed war legislation as unconstitutional.

All constitutional scholars in parliamentary hearing criticize war legislation as unconstitutional

Onaga: Okinawans’ opposition to base construction wins sympathy in US

Latest poll shows 83% of Okinawans oppose construction of new US base in Henoko

Bill to lower voting age to 18 passed through Lower House committee

War industry doubled donations to LDP bringing about lifting of ban on arms export

Abe might dispatch SDF under war legislation to participate in ISAF-like force

If war laws had existed, SDF might have joined in US-led wars from 1990

Deaths in battle could become more likely under war legislation

Constitution needs to adapt itself to war-related bills: DefMin Nakatani

US sergeant arrested for robbery

Kicking unions out of city office is illegal: Osaka High Court

Sony’s working hour rules show what Abe’s working hour reform will bring about

Okinawa JCP calls for halt to SDF aircraft use of Naha Airport

Pension data entry staff are outsourced workers

90 civic groups in Japan and S. Korea oppose war-glorifying, anti-constitutional publishers’ textbooks

Japan’s new GHG reduction target runs counter to global efforts to tackle climate change

Pollution victims stage joint action seeking relief measures

JCP calls for revision of costly, time-consuming design for new Olympic stadium

 Japan’s energy plan should focus more on renewables than nuclear power

Police collect private info of local residents objecting to power plant project in Gifu Pref.

Sex registration on ‘My Number’ cards backpedals on efforts to eliminate discrimination against LGBT people

Japanese researchers urge early settlement of wartime ‘comfort women’ issue