Japan Press Weekly

JCP Daimon: Proper international taxation on GAFA needed

Japanese Communist Party member of the Upper House Daimon Mikishi stressed the need to levy international taxes on powerful U.S. IT companies, demanding that the Japanese government fulfill an international role to do so.

US-made state-of-the-art fighter crashes into sea off Aomori

An ASDF state-of-the-art F-35A fighter crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Aomori. This will further arouse criticism against the Abe government’s controversial plan to buy more than 100 F-35s from the U.S.

Dockworkers stage 48-hour strike

The National Federation of Dockworkers Unions of Japan began a 48-hour strike at ports and harbors nationwide, seeking to protect the current system for determining dockworkers’ minimum wage.

JCP Akamine urges gov’t to decrease US military flight training zones to ensure aviation safety

Olympics minister resigns over his unsympathetic remark about 2011 disaster victims

Campaigning for second round of nationwide local elections officially begins

Dockworkers stage 48-hour strike

Japan reluctant to ratify ILO conventions

US-made state-of-the-art fighter crashes into sea off Aomori

Ex-professor singles out moneygrubbing ex-president for missing foreign students

Government should apologize for its horrendous Ainu policies: JCP Shiokawa

Costly nuclear energy losing international competitiveness

Indonesian farmers opposing coal-fired power plant project ask for JCP assistance

JCP Miyamoto criticizes gov't for setting new flight route favoring airliners from North America while ignoring local concerns

349K households in arrears with national health insurance premiums had their assets seized in 2017

BOJ buys ETFs in the same amount as sell-offs by foreign investors as way to bolster Japanese stock prices

Documentary sheds light on Japanese women who survived POW camps in Siberia

JCP Daimon: Proper international taxation on GAFA needed

Shii meets with outgoing South Korean ambassador