Japan Press Weekly

'Then, don't marry!' LDP lawmaker jeers at opposition lawmaker who calls for dual-surname system

Asked by the press for comments on the jeering incident, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo said, "The heckler represented the mindset of the LDP and Prime Minister Abe. The desire to return to the prewar family system underlies the heckling."

Yamashita grills PM Abe on his policies on labor deregulation and foreign relations in Diet interpellation

Japanese Communist Party Vice Chair Yamashita Yoshiki at the House of Councilors plenary session demanded that Prime Minister Abe withdraw his labor deregulation policy and revise his stance toward the U.S. and China.

Shii’s interpellation sheds light on Abe’s reluctance to tackle gender gap issues

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo in his interpellation at the House of Representatives plenary session urged Prime Minister Abe to tackle gender gap issues. PM Abe, however, showed his refusal to accept Shii’s call.

Shii’s interpellation sheds light on Abe’s reluctance to tackle gender gap issues

Yamashita grills PM Abe on his policies on labor deregulation and foreign relations in Diet interpellation

Local daily in Iwate: political parties accepting public funds lack self-reliance

Japan-US Security Treaty, fundamental factor for swelling Japan’s military spending

Shii in Diet questioning criticizes Abe’s stance toward Middle East crisis

Opposition parties jointly urge Lower House speaker to properly deal with ‘Don’t marry’ jeer by LDP lawmaker

 No need to continue Japan’s ‘sympathetic’ financial support to US military in Japan

Yet another US military chopper crash is impermissible: Okinawa governor

Keidanren focuses on individual wage bargaining, becoming more hostile toward ‘shunto’ spring wage offensive

'Then, don't marry!' LDP lawmaker jeers at opposition lawmaker who calls for dual-surname system

Gov’t will stop holding annual memorial ceremony for 2011 disaster victims after 2021

Abe should abide by Olympic Charter

JCP criticizes Tokyo gov’t budget draft for promoting conversion of public hospitals into for-profit bodies

JCP Koike demands countermeasures against new coronavirus

 Abe should admit his error in bulldozing through consumption tax hike