Japan Press Weekly

JCP calls for withdrawal of Abe cabinet approval of expanding export trade controls against South Korea

With regard to the decision of the Abe Cabinet to remove South Korea from its “white list”, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo issued a statement calling for the withdrawal of the decision.

Political pressure on exhibit of ‘statue of Korean girl’ in Aichi Triennale violates Constitution banning censorship: Koike

Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira said to the press that the JCP will work hard in collaboration with other political parties to block any move to turn Japan into a highly censored nation like prewar Japan.

Antinuke International Meeting calls for making year 2020 turning point toward abolition of nuclear weapons

The International Meeting of the 2019 World Conference against A and H Bombs adopted its Declaration which calls for making the year 2020 a “historic turning point to achieve a nuclear weapon-free, peaceful and just world”.

JCP calls for withdrawal of Abe cabinet approval of expanding export trade controls against South Korea

LDP frustrated by deadlocked talks on constitutional revision

JCP urges Abe gov’t to refrain from expanding export restrictions against South Korea

Dialogue in sincere manner is important: JCP Kokuta in meeting with S. Korean parliamentarians

Newly-elected parliamentarians with severe disabilities attend their first Diet meeting

Abe gov’t drops South Korea from ‘white list’ of preferential trade partners

Tokio Marine & Nichido Ltd. decides to stop illegal use of flexible work schedule

Labor Ministry’s panel turns its back on workers’ demand for minimum hourly wage increase to \1,000 nationwide

Political pressure on exhibit of ‘statue of Korean girl’ in Aichi Triennale violates Constitution banning censorship: Koike

148,000 signatures submitted to oppose construction of palm oil power plant in Miyagi

JCP Dietmembers investigate hunger strike at immigration detention center

Linear motor Shinkansen project company hides detection of uranium in soil excavated during tunnel construction

JCP members of Nagoya City Assembly protest against mayor’s pressure for closure of exhibition

Japanese and S. Korean students attend memorial ceremony for Korean victims of wartime forced labor

Antinuke International Meeting calls for making year 2020 turning point toward abolition of nuclear weapons

3-month nationwide Peace March arrives in Hiroshima