Japan Press Weekly

Chinese trainees win fight for unpaid wages against textile firm

Chinese trainees, who worked at a textile company in Tokushima Prefecture under the international technical intern training program, succeeded in recovering unpaid wages from the company with the help of a trade union and the Japanese Communist Party.

War legislation aims to mobilize civilian workers

A bill to permanently allow the government to dispatch the Japanese Self-Defense Forces abroad intends to have private companies assist the SDF in providing logistic support to foreign troops.

Pentagon: No US base in Japan assigned to defend Japan

It has been revealed that a classified document which the U.S. Department of Defense drew up in 1968 states that no U.S. base in Japan has a duty to defend Japan.

Media activists rally to oppose suppression of free speech

FM unable to come up with answer regarding Japan’s midair refueling of US fighters

University students in Aichi form group opposing war legislation

 Gov’t should cancel its plan to privatize social welfare

Pentagon: No US base in Japan assigned to defend Japan

War legislation aims to mobilize civilian workers

SDF personnel may face criminal charges if they accidentally kill someone in battle

LDP panel proposes imposing punishments on teachers engaging in political activities

Professors call for protecting academic freedom

Understaffed convenience store FCs in need of governmental support: JCP Fujino

War bills face criticism from unsworn witnesses in Diet hearing in Okinawa

Abe’s deregulation of use of temps will lead to expansion of informal economy

Chinese trainees win fight for unpaid wages against textile firm

Workers sue nuclear energy firm for wage discrimination

Cultural property found at construction site of new US base in Henoko

Court acknowledges man’s suicide as 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster-related

Tokyo metropolitan assembly member guilty of sexist jeering returns to LDP group

Historical facts testify civilian ships in ‘rear area support’ targeted for attack during Pacific War

Further imposition of austerity measures on Greece runs counter to EU ideals

More than 62% of families having difficulty making ends meet