Japan Press Weekly

Article 9 protection activists oppose MSDF dispatch to Middle East

An assembly of citizens working to protect the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution took to the streets near Shinjuku Station, calling for the immediate retraction of the Cabinet decision to send Self-Defense Force units to the Middle East.

JCP calls for diplomatic resolution of the tension in the Gulf

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo issued a statement condemning the unlawful use of force by the Trump administration and calling for a diplomatic resolution of the tension in the Gulf.

Make 2020 a year of opening path to replace Abe government: Shii in New Year assembly

JCP Chair Shii in a New Year assembly emphasized the importance of building a stronger and bigger party in order to forge ahead with the replacement of the Abe government with a coalition government of opposition parties.

Japan silent on US killing of Iranian general

PM Abe in New Year press conference focuses on constitutional revision rather than US-Iran crisis

Extra-ministerial casino bureau set up amid bribery scandal

JCP urges LDP to hold Diet discussions on US-Iran crisis

US Marine Corps officer proposes cutting US troops in Okinawa

Zenroren calls for winning minimum hourly wage hike to 1,500 yen in this year’s spring wage struggle

Hitachi subsidiary forces workers with work-related injuries to accept distant transfers

Article 9 protection activists oppose MSDF dispatch to Middle East

Kisarazu mayor gives nod to ‘temporary’ deployment of Ospreys to local SDF base

SDF dispatch will increase tensions in the Middle East and is unacceptable: Koike

Defense Ministry will fund Tsukuba University military-academia research

Tokyo metropolitan gov’t should build own peace museum to not forget memories of war

Graduate students busy working part-time to make ends meet: Students’ network survey

Ghosn claims he escaped from injustice, but does he know what justice is?

Hepatitis-B virus carriers file damage lawsuit against state

Bishops’ Conference in Japan urges gov’t to sign and ratify UN N-ban treaty

 Let’s open path for nuclear-free world on 75th anniversary of atomic bombings

This year's 1st antinuke signature collection drive takes place

Make 2020 a year of opening path to replace Abe government: Shii in New Year assembly

JCP calls for diplomatic resolution of the tension in the Gulf

Shii denounces US for killing Iranian general in airstrike

This week's JCP international activities