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2009 JANUARY 14 - JANUARY 20

Sending SDF to Somalia on 'anti-piracy mission' is unjustifiable: Akahata editorial
Prime Minister Aso Taro wants to send SDF warships to Somalia and pave the way for new legislation to allow the SDF to take part in defending foreign ships and use force, if necessary. It is outrageous for the government to cling to the SDF dispatch plan.

Shii on Obama inauguration
In a published comment on the inauguration of the new U.S. president, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo stated: "We will attentively look to the type of change President Obama might pursue in implementing domestic and foreign policies. Regarding Japan-U.S. relations, we would like to draw the new U.S. administration's attention to the urgent need to replace the present relationship of domination and subservience with one based on equal rights."

Mahathir supports 'Nuclear-Free World' campaign
Representatives of the Japan Council against A & H Bombs (Japan Gensuikyo) and the Japan Confederation of the A & H Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) visited Kuala Lumpur and met with former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and received his signature in support of the ongoing campaign "For a Nuclear-Free World".

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POLITICS
Ichida: Keidanren places orders with LDP and DPJ
Keidanren urges ruling LDP and opposition DPJ to hold policy discussion

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DIET
LDP-Komei-controlled Lower House railroad through supplementary budget bill
Consumption tax hike will be inserted into tax-related bill
JCP proposes 4 opposition party meeting about the drastic revision of the Worker Dispatch Law

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SDF
Sending SDF to Somalia on 'anti-piracy mission' is unjustifiable: Akahata editorial
Government considering sending P3Cs to waters off Somalia along with destroyer
U.S. and Japanese military forces integrating control capabilities through 'Yama Sakura 55'

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U.S. FORCES IN JAPAN
Peace Committee urges government to withdraw demand for ejection of protesters and give up helipad plan for U.S. forces
Stop the maintenance of U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at Yokosuka

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OBAMA INAUGURATION
JCP Chair Shii comments on Obama presidency
Hibakusha sends call of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Obama

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LABOR IN STRUGGLE
Union wins direct employment for Japanese-Brazilian worker
Day of action held calling for corporate responsibility
NTT West workers win compensation for unjustifiable transfers
Young JCP supporters provide labor counseling on the streets
Temporary workers at Toyota-affiliated auto parts establish union to force employer to cancel dismissal
JCP-led movement pushes local government to act to secure jobs

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HEALTH INSURANCE
More than 20% cannot afford to pay health insurance tax
170,000 elderly in arrears with new medical insurance premiums

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RICE IMPORTS
Over 200 local assemblies adopt a petition demanding cancellation of 'MA rice' imports

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ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Hibakusha call on Health Ministry to speed up recognition as A-bomb-caused illness sufferers
Mahathir supports 'Nuclear-Free World' campaign
Japan's anti-nuclear delegation discusses abolition of nuclear weapons with Malaysian foreign ministry official

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EARTHQUAKE
14 years after Great Hanshin Earthquake

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JCP
JCP Chair Shii holds talks with CPV External Relations Commission head
JCP chair sends best wishes for Vietnamese New Year





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