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2009 MAY 13 - MAY 19

U.S. government appreciates JCP Chair Shii's letter on elimination of nuclear weapons
Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on May 19 made public a letter he received from the U.S. government in response to his April 28 letter calling on U.S. President Barack Obama to take the initiative for starting international negotiations to conclude a treaty to abolish nuclear weapons.

DPJ's election for party leader is far from convincing the public
If the Democratic Party of Japan continues to provide excessively favorable treatment to large corporations and the financial circles, it will be unable to deal with the immediate problems that the majority of the public needs to solve even if it can take power.

Japan to use 610 billion yen for a bogus 'relocation' of U.S. Marines to Guam from Okinawa
In the May 1, 2006 Japan-U.S. Roadmap for Realignment Implementation, the Japanese government agreed to provide 6.09 billion dollars of the estimated 10.27 billion dollars as the facilities and infrastructure development costs for the III MEF relocation (8,000 Marines and their 9,000 families) to Guam.

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FOR A NUCLEAR-WEAPONS FREE WORLD
U.S. government appreciates JCP Chair Shii's letter on elimination of nuclear weapons
Text of the letter from the U.S. government
JCP Vice Chair Ogata meets with Cuban ambassador
JCP Vice Chair Ogata meets with Egyptian ambassador
JCP Vice Chair Ogata meets with Venezuelan ambassador

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SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET
Shii says supplementary budget does not help improve people's livelihoods and nation's economy

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DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Ichida criticizes DPJ for its inability to come clean and make attempt to end party corruption
Former DPJ leader Ozawa appointed as acting president
Appointing Ozawa as acting president, the DPJ follows old-LDP politics
Democratic Party's election for party leader is far from convincing the public: Akahata editorial
New DPJ leader says it's okay to start discussing constitutional revision
Scholars' analyses shows DPJ as ambivalent and immature

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POLITICS
Shii: Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary's resignation shows Aso Cabinet as incurable
Corporations bought government policy of promoting 'eco-point' system: Akahata 'window' column

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JAPAN-U.S. MILITARY ALLIANCE
Diet approves U.S. Marine Corps 'relocation' to Guam from Okinawa
Japan to use 610 billion yen for a bogus 'relocation' of U.S. Marines to Guam from Okinawa
Former U.S. defense official urges Japan to play greater military role
Over 80 percent of U.S. servicemen committing crimes in Japan not prosecuted

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SDF
Dispatching P3C patrol aircraft to areas off Somalia marks new stage of SDF missions abroad: Akahata editorial
JCP urges SDF to cancel plan to send quick reaction forces to Djibouti

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LABOR
Foreign workers in Japan are rising up
Court determines firing contract workers within contract term is unjust
Non-regular workers sue Nissan over dismissals
Major restaurant chain agrees to compensate for a non-regular restaurant manager's death from overwork
Workers hold rally and demonstration calling for overhaul of Worker Dispatch Law
JCP to cooperate with airline workers' unions on safe air transportation
Fixed-term contract workers at Nagahama Canon launch their own union and demand full-time positions

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NUCLEAR POWER
'We are not guinea pigs for pluthermal power generation!'






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