Japan Press Weekly

Okinawans resolutely support Gov. Onaga

Local residents held an emergency rally, giving Okinawa Governor Onaga Takeshi a boost in his move to put a stop to the landfill work associated with the construction of another U.S. base in the prefecture.

Japan’s use of weapons in PKOs is unconstitutional: expert in int’l relations

“The security legislation should be repealed because it is constitutionally illegal,” said an expert who served in the UN Transitional Administration as the governor of Cova Lima in East Timor.

Yamashita: Abe should step down rather than just reshuffle his Cabinet

JCP Secretariat Head Yamashita Yoshiki said that PM Abe should be forced to dissolve, not allowed to reshuffle, his cabinet, which had forcibly enacted the war legislation and

Yamashita: Abe should step down rather than just reshuffle his Cabinet

Japan’s use of weapons in PKOs is unconstitutional: expert in int’l relations

Okinawans resolutely support Gov. Onaga

Education ministry intends to control high school students’ political activities

Japan Agricultural Cooperatives: basic agreement on TPP is regrettable

Abe Cabinet disapproval rating exceeds 50% for three straight months

Opposition parties in metropolitan assembly call for repealing war legislation

Citizens in rally resolve to obtain 20 million signatures to repeal war laws

Local lawmakers in Abe’s hometown launch league to protect constitutionalism

Public funds may be used to insure companies against losses in arms exports

Reshuffled Abe Cabinet is again full of pro-Yasukuni members

US marine arrested for assault

Zenroren stages nationwide actions in solidarity on the World Day for Decent Work

SDF in Shiga tried to recruit students in school restrooms with wanted ad printed on toilet paper

Universities pressured students from Japan’s colonies to volunteer for Japanese military in WWII

A series of fatal falls at private nursing home indicate lax supervision

Materials related to Japanese POWs in Siberia and Nanjing Massacre inscribed in UNESCO World Heritage list

JCP works as main party carrying public demands to Diet