Japan Press Weekly

Faults under Shika NPP most likely active: NRA expert team

A team of experts commissioned by the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) compiled a draft report which points to a strong possibility that active faults are lying under the Shika Nuclear Power Plant in Ishikawa.

Abe wants to accomplish constitutional revision while still in office

Prime Minister Abe Shinzo at a House of Councilors Budget Committee session touched upon constitutional revision and said, “I’d like to accomplish this during my term in office.”

Okinawa and Tokyo accept court-proposed-settlement in lawsuit over Henoko base

The Abe government accepted a court-proposed-settlement and decided to suspend the ongoing work for the construction of a new U.S. base in Henoko.

Okinawa and Tokyo accept court-proposed-settlement in lawsuit over Henoko base

Abe wants to accomplish constitutional revision while still in office

5 opposition parties jointly submit bill to increase care workers’ wages

JCP in Miyagi will back DPJ candidate for Upper House election

Public protest against Henoko base moves the central government

3 opposition parties endorse JCP-DPJ joint candidate in Miyagi

JCP Kurabayashi urges gov’t to take effective measures to promote renewable energy

LDP feels threatened by a face-off between LDP/Komei and citizens

JCP will back DPJ candidate in Nagano to oppose LDP candidate

Civil society alliance formed in Kansai to promote opposition parties’ cooperation

Labor Ministry finds unpaid overtime totals 14.2 billion yen in 2014

Nurses put in unpaid overtime work worth 66,000 yen a month on average

Faults under Shika NPP most likely active: NRA expert team

Top court pardons liability of relatives of a man with dementia hit by train

Gov’t should drastically increase cultural budget to ensure people can enjoy art

Citizens protest against string of troubles with restarted nuclear reactor

Violence in university judo team goes against very nature of judo

Shii: Gov’t policy dependent on nuclear energy comes to dead end

32K Fukushima workers exposed to radiation exceeding standards for work-related leukemia recognition

Former foreign minister of Marshall Islands attends Bikini Day rally

Shii welcomes new UNSC sanctions on North Korea