Japan Press Weekly

(September 14, 2021)

All 3 candidates for LDP president show no difference from Abe and Suga policies

(September 12, 2021)

US retaliatory war and Japan

(September 9, 2021)

4 opposition parties along with Civil Alliance agree on common agenda

(September 8, 2021)

Sitting Dietmember sentenced to 4-year imprisonment for accepting bribes related to casino development

(September 7, 2021)

JCP Koike criticizes LDP’s use of its presidential election as excuse to refuse to hold extraordinary Diet session

(September 4, 2021)

Shii in his comment on Suga’s announcement calls for change of government with earnest opposition parties/citizens joint struggles

(September 3, 2021)

Suga gov’t refusal to hold extraordinary Diet session unconstitutional: 4 opposition parties

(September 2, 2021)

JCP publishes strategy to tackle climate crisis as part of platform for forthcoming general election

(September 1, 2021)

Pressed by JCP and public pressure, COVID-19 testing in school expanded to all classmates

(August 31, 2021)

JCP Hatano: It's time to reevaluate excessive commercialism in sports

(August 14 & 29, 2021)

JCP Yamazoe calls for creation of more temporary medical centers to prevent coronavirus deaths at home

(August 27, 2021)

PM Suga expresses groundless COVID-19 optimism

(August 26, 2021)

Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate drops to record-low 37.17%

(August 26, 2021)

Shinfujin urges gov’t to implement measures to prevent COVID-19 infections in schools after summer break

(August 25, 2021)

Opening of Games amid pandemic conflicts with Paralympic movement’s ideals

(August 24, 2021)

Yokohama mayoral race results represent voters’ verdict of ‘No’ to casinos and to Suga administration

(August 23, 2021)

National research institutions’ unions resolve to push gov’t to increase budget for basic research

(August 21, 2021)

Cancel Paralympics and schoolchildren-participation project

(August 20, 2021)

Japanese pensioners: Gov’t in violation of ILO convention reduces pension payouts

(August 19, 2021)

Suga gov't extends COVID-19 state of emergency while refusing to hold extraordinary Diet session

(August 14, 15 & 17, 2021)

Worshiping at Yasukuni Shrine by Cabinet Ministers violates constitutional principle of separation of state and religion

(August 15, 2021)

Ex-PM Abe heads anti-constitutional rightist Shinto group

(August 13, 2021)

JCP Hiroshima criticizes IOC President Bach for making light of Hiroshima as the A-bombed city

(August 11 &12, 2021)

JCP Kokuta comments on record-low approval rating for Suga Cabinet

(August 10, 2021)

Like Olympic Games, forcible opening of Paralympics runs counter to infection control measures

(August 4, 2021)

PM Suga has no sense of crisis in regard to Tokyo’s healthcare system at brink of collapse

(August 4, 2021)

JCP demands increase in state subsidies to national universities

(August 1, 2021)

Expansion of COVID state of emergency indicates PM Suga’s lack of sense of crisis

(July 26, 2021)

Akahata TV & radio editor in chief: Should TV news continue to cover only Olympics amid COVID-19?

(July 25, 2021)

Akahata political editor in chief: Tokyo Games should be stopped immediately to protect people’s lives

(July 24, 2021)

Akahata sports editor in chief: Fundamental principles and cause of Olympics buried

(July 23, 2021)

Shii issues statement regarding Tokyo Olympic Games

(July 21, 2021)

Prospects of national stadium's profitability after Olympics are gloomy

(July 17＆20, 2021)

JCP protests against DPP leader’s remark describing JCP as totalitarian

(July 15, 2021)

Tax revenue from sales tax reaches 21 trillion yen in FY2020 while that from corporate taxes decreases

(July 14, 2021)

2021 defense white paper intends to use Taiwan issue to enhance Japan-US military cooperation

(July 13, 2021)

Global nurses' unions send PM Suga and IOC letter calling for rescheduling of Tokyo Olympics

(July 11, 2021)

Summer Games to be held 'without spectators' in Hokkaido and Fukushima

(July 10, 2021)

Olympic Games in Tokyo areas will be held without spectators including schoolchildren

(July 9, 2021)

Tokyo Olympics will be held under state of emergency

(July 7, 2021)

Zenroren calls on JCP to work with other opposition parties to realize a government supportive of workers’ demands

(July 6, 2021)

JCP’s call for cancelling Summer Games gains voter support in Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election

(July 6, 2021)

Opposition parties' joint struggles yield results in 12 districts in Metropolitan Assembly election

(July 3, 2021)

Teachers’ unions issue appeal calling for cancellation of mobilization of schoolchildren to attend Summer Games

(June 29, 2021)

Purchase of US weapons and weapons systems come in 1st with 420.2 billion yen, far exceeding 2nd-place Japanese firm

(June 29, 2021)

Quarter of municipalities in Tokyo decline to participate in project to mobilize schoolchildren to attend Summer Games

(June 27, 2021)

Women candidates for Metropolitan Assembly race account for 58.6% in JCP while only 15% in LDP

(June 26, 2021)

Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election campaign officially starts amid COVID-19 pandemic

(June 22, 2021)

JCP urges Tokyo governor to withdraw from project to mobilize schoolchildren to attend Summer Games

(June 22, 2021)

Olympic Games 'with spectators' are opposite of needed effort to control flow of people