Japan Press Weekly

Dwellers under threat of Olympics-related eviction send request to IOC: we don’t want to move out

People living in the housing complex run by the Tokyo Metropolitan government have been complaining that their community and their right to housing would be destroyed due to the construction of Olympics-associated facilities.

Talks on US base construction in Okinawa break down

Okinawa Governor Onaga expressed his firm determination to block the construction project, following the failure of Onaga-Abe talks on the construction of a new U.S. base in Henoko.

SDF top to Washington: War bills will be enacted by this summer

A Japanese Communist Party lawmaker revealed that although war bills were not even submitted to the Diet, the SDF highest ranking officer told DOD that Japan will enact the national security legislation by the summer of 2015.

SDF top to Washington: War bills will be enacted by this summer

Talks on US base construction in Okinawa break down

JCP: expansion of use of ‘My Number’ system will invite risk of serious privacy breaches

Campaign against war legislation increasing momentum

3,800 Okinawans rally to block restart of Henoko construction work

Pay gaps between regular and non-regular workers in Japan greater than in EU

Resident Korean in Osaka sues a home builder for racism

Bill related to elimination of ‘black corporations’ passed

Dwellers under threat of Olympics-related eviction send request to IOC: we don’t want to move out

Organizing committee responsible for alleged design theft of Olympic emblem: sports journalist

Memorial ceremony held for foreign victims of massacre that occurred 92 years ago

VJ Day should be reminder to Japan of what it did to Asian countries in WWII

JR East's unmanned wicket project disregards the socially disadvantaged

Tokyo governor refuses to meet to-be-displaced residents

Evacuation order for radiation-hit Naraha Town lifted, but evacuees hesitant to return home

Large corporations’ internal reserves hit record high under ‘Abenomics’

JCP wins three seats in Iwate prefectural assembly election

This week’s JCP international activities