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JCP Koike on LDP presidential race: Abe's victory won't mean public approval of constitutional revision
Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira, in commenting on the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election where constitutional amendments are becoming a key issue, said, "Abe's victory will not mean public approval of constitutional revision."
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Ospreys will be officially deployed to US Yokota base in Tokyo in October
Japan’s Defense Ministry has announced that five U.S. CV-22 Ospreys will be deployed to the U.S. Yokota Air Base in suburban Tokyo in October. This will be the first-ever deployment of U.S. Ospreys to the Japanese mainland24
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Japan must abandon nuclear fuel cycle project
The Japan Atomic Energy Commission has decided on a new basic policy regarding the use of plutonium which seeks to decrease Japan’s possession of this nuclear material. The nation’s nuclear policy was amended for the first time in 15 years.
- POLITICS
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Japan must abandon nuclear fuel cycle project
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JCP Koike on LDP presidential race: Abe's victory won't mean public approval of constitutional revision
- US FORCES
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Ospreys will be officially deployed to US Yokota base in Tokyo in October
- LABOR
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Occupational bladder cancer eligible for worker's compensation
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Abe gov’t new policy on foreign workers increases concern in regard to human rights violations
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Workers exploited under Amazon’s glory (Part 4)
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Labor Ministry finds labor law violations at over 18,000 business establishments
- SOCIAL ISSUES
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Legal expert team formed to deal with discriminatory scoring against female applicants in med school entrance exams
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Overcrowded schools undermine disabled children’s right to learn
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Central gov't padded the number of employees with disabilities to make it look like it achieved its numerical target
- PEACE
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Okinawans remember victims of US attack on Tsushima-maru during WWII
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Memorial held for ex-POWs in Siberia and Mongolia
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Ceremony held to mourn Korean war dead whose remains are still kept in Japan