Japan Press Weekly

Citizens voice anxieties about health damage from uranium dug up by maglev railway construction

Citizens living near a planned construction site for a maglev railway are voicing anxieties about the possibility that the construction will generate surplus soil containing uranium which will pose risks to the surrounding natural environment and their health.

Ex-fishermen in Kochi apply for workers compensation for radiation exposure from Bikini Atoll H-bomb test

Former fishermen and bereaved families applied for seamen’s compensation, claiming their cancer and other health issues to be work-related caused by exposure to radiation from the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test explosion at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.

Defense Ministry draws up plan to kill ‘enemies’ abroad

Japanese Communist Party lawmaker Kasai Akira revealed that the Defense Ministry had made a plan to enable members of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to shoot at and kill “enemies” abroad under the pretext of rescuing hostages.

5 opposition parties begin talks on electoral cooperation

High school students urge Education Ministry to withdraw restrictions on their political activities

High court approves citizen’s call for transparency in Cabinet’s secret funds system

Defense Ministry draws up plan to kill ‘enemies’ abroad

TV anchors protest against minister’s remarks intimidating broadcasters

Citizens protest USS Blue Ridge’s entry into Osaka Port

Zenroren releases results of regular survey on women workers

Contingent workers’ lifetime wages are half of regular workers’

Union survey: 80% of nursing-care workers state that PM Abe’s measures did not lead to wage increase

Ex-fishermen in Kochi apply for workers compensation for radiation exposure from Bikini Atoll H-bomb test

NRA okays use of 40-year-old reactors at Takahama NPP

Murder of elderly requiring nursing care caused by poor social policy: expert

Citizens’ groups hold rally to oppose Japan-India nuclear energy deal

Citizens voice anxieties about health damage from uranium dug up by maglev railway construction

Residents near Takahama NPP need 7.5 hours to escape from nuclear accident

Ex-TEPCO executives indicted for Fukushima nuclear meltdown

People’s joint struggle in 1980s block military use of outer space

Japan should never revert to the militarist past

Ogata in 2016 Bikini Day event highlights need for nuclear weapons convention

Parents-doctors network calls for free medical service for children