Japan Press Weekly

(January 9, 2026)

JCP holds street speech to condemn US invasion of Venezuela

(January 8, 2026)

Raise of Japan’s military spending to 3.5% of GDP to satisfy Trump would impose annual burden of 170,000 yen per capita

(January 8, 2026)

US holding on to Okinawa while receiving 373 billion yen from Japan for construction of USMC base in Guam

(January 7, 2026)

70% of UN member states: Nuclear war would cause catastrophic damage to humanity

(January 6, 2026)

PM Takaichi’s visit to Ise-jingu Shrine may cause people in neighboring countries to develop distrust of Japan

(December 26, 2025)

Stop ‘zero irregular migrants plan’ which promotes discrimination against foreigners

(December 24, 2025)

To delay total ban on corporate and organizational political donations is unacceptable

(December 24, 2025)

Gov’t strategy will allow for constant surveillance of general public under name of active cyber defense

(December 22, 2025)

Yamazoe: Japan must not become arms supplier

(December 20, 2025)

JCP EC Chair Tamura demands dismissal of senior official in PM Office advocating for nuclear-armed Japan

(December 19, 2025)

Defense Ministry provides explanation that contradicts US Osprey mishap review to relevant municipalities

(December 18, 2025)

JCP calls for bill to cut Lower House seats to be scrapped

(December 18, 2025)

JCP EC chair calls on all JCP lawmakers to continue to work together with civil society to block reduction in number of Diet seats

(December 17, 2025)

With supplementary budget passage, DPP and Komeito demonstrate their role as supplementary forces useful to LDP-Ishin coalition gov’t

(December 16, 2025)

3 opposition parties submit bill to provide relief to victims of non-payment for work on foreign pavilions at Osaka Expo

(December 12, 2025)

JCP Tatsumi urges gov’t to instruct French company to pay subcontractors construction fees for Osaka Expo pavilions

(December 11, 2025)

‘Santeito’ party and DPP each submit their respective anti-spy bills to Diet

(December 10, 2025)

Koike protests against spread of malicious rumors about JCP lawmaker criticizing PM Takaichi’s ‘Taiwan’ remark

(December 9, 2025)

Tamura calls on Japan and China to calmly deal with radar lock-on incident

(December 8, 2025)

PM Takaichi’s remark bears resemblance to prewar Japan’s justification of war of aggression as self-defense war

(December 6 & 7, 2025)

LDP and Ishin aim to advance moves for constitutional revision

(December 6, 2025)

Bill that could reduce even the minimum necessary number of hospital beds enacted

(December 3 & 5, 2025)

JCP opposes cuts of 20 Lower House seats from proportional representation and 25 from single-member districts: Tamura

(December 3 & 5, 2025)

Finance minister sells fundraiser tickets to people in finance industries, potentially acting against ministerial code

(December 2, 2025)

Japanese major defense firms enjoy 40% rise in their earnings under government’s military expansion policy

(November 28 & 29, 2025)

Bill to abolish provisional gasoline tax rate unanimously enacted

(November 29, 2025)

LDP’s political fund report shows sharp drop in party fundraising income

(November 28, 2025)

JCP opposes cuts in number of Lower House standing committee members

(November 27, 2025)

JCP Motomura calls for anti-prostitution law to be revised to punish purchase of sex

(November 18, 2025)

JCP Koike demands that PM Takaichi withdraw her intent to reconsider ‘3 non-nuclear principles’

(November 17, 2025)

Cross-party Japanese and S. Korean parliamentarians in their meeting adopt joint statement

(November 15, 2025)

Yamazoe urges PM Takaichi to retract her remark on potential ‘Taiwan contingency’ as a national security issue for Japan in order to prevent escalation of situation

(November 14, 2025)

Koike demands that PM Takaichi work for shorter working hours and wage hikes, not for deregulation of working hours

(November 14, 2025)

JCP Koike to PM Takaichi: Let’s lower sales tax rate!

(November 13, 2025)

Soft-ground improvement work for new US base project in Henoko suspended for 5 months

(November 8 & 11, 2025)

JCP Koike criticizes PM Takaichi’s ‘Taiwan contingency is survival-threatening situation’ remark

(November 8, 2025)

JCP Yamazoe: Introduction of N-subs would violate Japanese Constitution

(November 7, 2025)

JCP Secretariat Head Koike poses questions regarding PM Takaichi’s policy speech

(November 6, 2025)

JCP Tamura in interpellation grills PM Takaichi regarding LDP slush-fund scandal, sales tax cut, and Japan-US relations

(November 6, 2025)

JCP EC Chair Tamura: Takaichi regime is indifferent to people’s QOL and livelihoods and is subservient to US

(November 5, 2025)

‘Ishin’ party co-head admits to misuse of public funds

(November 5, 2025)

JCP Secretariat Head Koike criticizes PM Takaichi’s aim of revising Constitution

(November 4, 2025)

Sunday Akahata reporter who reports on Ishin co-head’s money scandal harassed online

(October 30, 2025)

Takaichi’s plan to recommend Trump for Nobel Peace Prize is height of her ‘sycophant diplomacy’

(October 29, 2025)

Koike comments on Takaichi-Trump summit meeting

(October 28, 2025)

PM Takaichi agrees with President Trump on elevating Japan-US alliance to new heights

(October 27, 2025)

PM Takaichi wants to abandon the national principle of ‘not allowing bringing-in of nukes to Japan’

(October 26, 2025)

Just because Takaichi becomes first female prime minister of Japan does not mean that she will work to advance gender equality

(October 25, 2025)

JCP EC Chair: JCP will engage in head-on confrontation with Takaichi-led LDP

(October 23, 2025)

Cabinet lineup epitomizes LDP’s pro-Yasukuni ideology