Japan Press Weekly

2015 anti-nuke 1,800-km relay marathon departs from Fukushima to Nagasaki

Participants in the 2015 Peace Marathon for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons have departed from Fukushima City to Nagasaki City. Along the 1,800-km route, runners are calling for an increase in public support for a world without nuclear weapons.

SDF’s live bullet hits private house

The Japanese Communist Party Shiga Prefectural Committee made representations to the prefectural governor over an incident in which a bullet fired by the Ground Self-Defense Force hit a private house during the training exercises.

Christian community in Japan opposes war bills

The community and organizations of Christianity in Japan have one after another issued statements protesting against the forcible vote on the so-called war bills in the Lower House, calling for the withdrawal of the security legislation.

2015 Defense White Paper reads like gov’t PR pamphlet

Labor unions increasing their efforts to scrap war bills

Shii talks about prospect of scrapping war bills in editorial staff’s meeting

Don’t abuse ‘60-day rule’ to enact highly controversial war bills

More than 4,000 medical and welfare service providers oppose PM Abe’s war bills

Iranian ambassador to Japan denies possibility of crisis in Hormuz Strait

Christian community in Japan opposes war bills

Young mothers rise up in protest against war legislation

Discussions on war bills begin in Upper House

US helicopter drops blank ammo rounds on schoolyard in Shizuoka

US invites bids for preparatory work for deploying Ospreys to Yokota AB

IBM Japan abides by labor authority’s order to post notice to not refuse collective bargaining

SDF’s live bullet hits private house

Science Council criticizes gov’t policy to abolish humanities departments

Dietmembers push for relief measures for non-registered people

War-glorifying textbooks to be used in Tokyo-run junior high schools

Municipalities near Sendai NPP demand public briefing sessions

Ex-PM Mori is not qualified to organize 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics

Japanese firms’ infrastructure export provokes negative consequences

2015 anti-nuke 1,800-km relay marathon departs from Fukushima to Nagasaki