Japan Press Weekly

4,000 young people call for vote to change politics

About 4,000 young people marched in demonstration through downtown Tokyo, calling on each person as a sovereign member of the country to use the right to vote to bring a dramatic change in politics.

Japanese firms and individuals cited in Panama Papers take so-what attitude toward their tax avoidance

It was found that the Panama Papers mention the names of at least 400 Japanese companies and individuals, such as Itochu Corporation, Marubeni Corporation, and Rakuten CEO Mikitani Hiroshi.

Shii issues statement on Obama’s plan to visit Hiroshima

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo issued a statement in regard to U.S. President Barack Obama’s planned visit to Hiroshima following the G7 summit meeting in the Ise-Shima region in central Japan.

4,000 young people call for vote to change politics

JCP Kami demands special aid for quake-hit farmers in Kumamoto

 Gov’t must abolish ‘secret agreement’ with US over bringing-in of nuclear weapons to Japan

JCP Okinawa protests gov’t policy to cut subsidies for schools near US bases

Tokyo governor must be held accountable for political fund scandal

Lower House passes supplementary budget drafted to help victims of Kumamoto quakes

Labor Ministry’s panel begins discussing revision of subsidy program to assist in corporate downsizing

Pay cuts for reemployed workers are illegal: district court

Many workers in quake-hit Kumamoto lose their jobs

Community workshops for disabled in quake-hit Kumamoto face possible subsidy reductions

Protest against Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly’s move to overrule JCP spreading

3,500-strong rally calls for efforts to defend Article 25 guaranteeing the right to welfare

Calling for more gender equality, bill to revise Civil Code jointly submitted by 4 opposition parties

Bill to help victims of sexual violence submitted to Diet

Japan’s legislature makes a big step forward to end hate speech

Shii issues statement on Obama’s plan to visit Hiroshima

Japanese firms and individuals cited in Panama Papers take so-what attitude toward their tax avoidance

Obama’s visit to Hiroshima will be historical only if it leads to departure from nuclear deterrence policy

Shii: Japan should stop serving as mouthpiece for nuclear weapons states

This week’s JCP international activities