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  • Historic JCP Congress attracts wide attention

    The Japanese Communist Party 27th Congress was held from January 15 to 18 in Shizuoka Prefecture. Representatives of other opposition parties cooperating with the JCP attended the Congress for the first time in the 95-year JCP history.

  • Benzene 79 times higher than legal limit detected in Tokyo’s proposed new fish market site

    The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has announced that it detected high levels of toxic chemicals in water samples taken from the groundwater at the planned fish market site　in the Toyosu district.

  • editorial  ‘Conspiracy bill’ will punish citizens for their thoughts and beliefs

    The Abe government plans to submit to the Diet a bill to criminalize acts of conspiracy to commit crimes. The nature of this bill is to punish people just for discussing a plan to commit crimes.
  • POLITICS

  • Defense Ministry uses aircraft purchased for disaster assistance in joint military drill with US

  • Large majority of local bar associations oppose ‘conspiracy bill’

  • editorial ‘Conspiracy bill’ will punish citizens for their thoughts and beliefs

  • Abe promotes sale of coal-fired plants

  • Gov’t explanation on anti-conspiracy bill resembles prewar explanation on similar law

  • Farmers resolve to keep fighting until Abe gov’t fully gives up on TPP
  • US FORCES

  • US soldier parachutes onto farmer’s field from Osprey
  • LABOR

  • Union campaign blocks planned closure of public hospital

  • Mitsubishi Electric referred to prosecutors for violation of work hour rules

  • ‘Evil corporation award’-winning company takes it out on union

  • Education ministry puts brake on firing of part-time university teachers
  • SOCIAL ISSUES

  • Parents worrying about children’s future debts avoid ‘scholarship’ loans

  • Benzene 79 times higher than legal limit detected in Tokyo’s proposed new fish market site

  • Tokyo JCP demands drastic review of plan to move Tsukiji market to Toyosu

  • editorial Protect visually-impaired persons from falling from station platforms
  • ECONOMY

  • Militarization of economy will lead to collapse of Japan: economics professor

  • Richest get richer, poor get poorer: international NGO report
  • JCP

  • This week’s JCP international activities

  • Historic JCP Congress attracts wide attention

  • Shii in draft resolution report calls for utilizing wisdom and power for success in opposition parties’ cooperation


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