Japan Press Weekly

JCP meets with bar association lawyers over the issue of foreign workers in Japan

The Japanese Communist Party Dietmembers' Group held a meeting with Japan Federation of Bar Association lawyers in the Diet building to exchange opinions over a legal change to accept more foreign workers.

Opposition parties rally in protest against Land Minister’s decision to give OK to Henoko landfill

Opposition parties held a rally in the Diet building in protest against the Land Minister’s decision to issue an injunction against the Okinawa prefectural government’s revocation of the Henoko landfill approval.

  PM Abe pretends to be ignorant of his maladministration during JCP interpellation

Japanese Communist Party Dietmembers in their interpellation grilled PM Abe about his policy speech at both Houses. Abe shut his ears to JCP lawmakers’ arguments and took a “so-what” attitude without admitting to failure in his policies.

 PM Abe pretends to be ignorant of his maladministration during JCP interpellation

Opposition parties rally in protest against Land Minister’s decision to give OK to Henoko landfill

Land Minister issues decision to allow Henoko landfill work to be resumed

Anti-base Okinawans hold on-sea protest against restart of Henoko landfill work

More than 33K people demand protection of Article 9

Thanks to ‘sympathy budget’, asset value of US bases in Japan amounts to 98 billion dollars

JCP meets with bar association lawyers over the issue of foreign workers in Japan

Gov’t proposes bill to accept more foreign workers without addressing existing human rights violations

Gov’t should safeguard foreign workers’ human rights before opening door wider

Korean top court orders Japanese steelmaker to compensate ex-Korean forced laborers

Shii calls for cool-headed approach to Korean forced laborer issue

Coastal fishermen in forum oppose Abe’s intent to adversely revise Fishery Act

Physicians against nuclear war meet together for 1st time in Nagasaki