Japan Press Weekly

1.4 million temps at large companies earn less than 2 million yen in annual income

National Tax Agency data show that out of workers employed by corporations with a capital of more than one billion yen, those who earned only up to two million yen a year increased by 20% to 1.4 million in 2015 from the figure in 2012.

Military-academia cooperation under Abe government is researcher-version of economic conscription

Nagoya University Professor Emeritus Ikeuchi Satoru criticized the Abe government’s move to increase military-academia cooperation as a form of economic conscription of researchers.

Top 10 defense companies donate 126 million yen to LDP

The top 10 munitions companies in Japan which receive large contracts from the Defense Ministry contributed about 126 million yen to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in 2015.

Top 10 defense companies donate 126 million yen to LDP

Military-academia cooperation under Abe government is researcher-version of economic conscription

LDP draft constitution obliges adherence to outdated gender roles

Pro-business Abe gov’t seeks to weaken agricultural cooperatives

LDP and Komei together with Ishin forcibly begin discussing bill to legalize casinos

TPP to impose dangerous food additives on Japan: JCP Kira

 Japan needs to utilize fresh UN sanctions against North Korea to reboot Six-Party Talks

Minister Tsuruho has corrupt relation with gov’t subsidy recipient

Ishin fully supportive of LDP: JCP Koike

Okinawa Police arrest two US Marines for drunk driving in 4-hour period

1.4 million temps at large companies earn less than 2 million yen in annual income

Unionized taxi drivers win withdrawal of their unfair dismissals

Mother of SDF member sues gov’t for unconstitutional SDF dispatch to South Sudan

NPO head calls for more public spending to combat child poverty problem

Accidents by elderly drivers increase under poor public transport system

Expert: nuclear power generation costs more than other options available

Pugwash Japan holds symposium on a world without nuclear weapons

This week’s JCP international activities