Japan Press Weekly

Symposium held to talk about 'Me Too' movement

The international NGO Human Rights Now held a symposium to talk about the "Me Too" movement, a hashtag campaign on social media spreading around the world to help victims raise their voices against sexual assault and harassment.

Union succeeds in having dismissal plan canceled at national institute

The labor union at Japan's largest national research body, the National Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), has successfully pressed the RIKEN authority to withdraw its plan to dismiss a large number of fixed-term RIKEN workers.

6 opposition parties agree to unite against Abe’s labor deregulation move

Six opposition parties, including the Japanese Communist Party, agreed to work together to foil the Abe government’s attempt to submit to the current Diet session bills related to PM Abe’s “work-style reform” policy which legalizes unpaid overtime.

6 opposition parties agree to unite against Abe’s labor deregulation move

JCP Takahashi criticizes Abe gov’t for falsifying data in order to expand system increasing unpaid overtime

Shii: Gov’t should give up submitting pro-business ‘work-style reform’ bill to Diet

US military jet dumps fuel tanks into lake in Aomori

JCP in Aomori protests dumping of fuel tanks by US military jet

Union succeeds in having dismissal plan canceled at national institute

Ocean research lab to JCP: we will retract decision to discontinue fixed-term contracts

Osaka court judges Japan Post’s discrimination against fixed-term workers to be unfair

Symposium held to talk about 'Me Too' movement

JCP Koike talks with heads of 2011 disaster-affected municipalities

Parents make request to Dietmembers for more childcare centers

Professional baseball lotto could affect fair play in games: Akahata

Sign boards opposing freedom of expression removed in Kanagawa

 Gov’t should stop imposing ‘Hinomaru’ and ‘Kimigayo’ on children

Rally calls for remembering Bikini tragedy and demands abolition of nuclear weapons

This week’s JCP international activity

Shii at SDP convention: Let’s work to field joint opposition candidates in Upper House election