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  • Shii comments on Japan-Russia summit meeting

    Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo published a comment on the summit meeting between PM Abe and Russian President Putin, criticizing Abe’s ‘new approach’ to the territorial dispute with Russia.

  • Okinawans hold urgent rally to protest against US Osprey crash in Okinawa

    An urgent rally protesting against the crash of a U.S. MV-22 Osprey into the shallow water off Nago City in Okinawa took place in front of the main gate of U.S. Camp Schwab in the city’s Henoko district.

  • Opposition party representatives to attend JCP Congress for the first time

    Representatives of the three opposition parties and an Okinawa-elected Dietmember will for the first time attend the Japanese Communist Party Congress in January 2017.
  • POLITICS

  • Bills to cut pension benefits and legalize casino businesses forcibly enacted

  • Shii condemns LDP’s steamroller tactics in Diet

  • Abe gov’t spends record-high amount of money for US military in Japan

  • Opposition party representatives to attend JCP Congress for the first time
  • US FORCES

  • USFJ conducts live-fire drills in outskirts of Kyoto

  • Okinawa-elected lawmakers protest against Osprey crash in waters off their prefecture

  • Okinawa Governor makes strong protest over Osprey crash

  • ‘Be thankful’ remark by top US military officer fuels Okinawans’ anger

  • Osprey crash in Okinawa classified as highest in US military’s accident severity scale

  • US military recovers crashed Osprey ignoring Japan’s request

  • Okinawans hold urgent rally to protest against US Osprey crash in Okinawa

  • Amid storm of protests, Ospreys are back in the air

  • US marine in Okinawa arrested for shoplifting
  • LABOR

  • Labor Ministry panel recommends abandoning ‘tripartite principle’

  • Number of low-wage non-regular female workers is increasing
  • SDF

  • ASDF coerces personnel to provide private cellphone records

  • Number of new recruits to SDF continues to decline
  • SOCIAL ISSUES

  • Citizens urge Yokohama City to start school lunch programs at junior high schools

  • Abe gov’t policy of ‘forcing marriages’ meets with rejection from women
  • JCP

  • This week’s JCP international activities

  • Shii comments on Japan-Russia summit meeting
  • To Our Readers

  • The next Japan Press Weekly will be published on January 6 due to the New Year holidays.


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