Japan Press Weekly

(February 2 & 3, 2026)

PM Takaichi skips live party leaders’ debate on NHK at last minute

(January 31, 2026)

Takaichi Cabinet allocates Y99.4 billion for war injury measures in FY2026 budget proposal

(January 30, 2026)

PM Takaichi suspected of accepting total of Y100K in fundraiser ticket purchases from Unification Church-linked group and its associates

(January 25 & 28, 2026)

Takaichi eager to criminalize Japan flag desecration

(January 28, 2026)

12-day official campaign for general election begins

(January 27, 2026)

JCP EC Chair Tamura at press club debates foreign policy with PM Takaichi

(January 26, 2026)

JCP calls for eventual abolition of sales tax and immediate cut in tax rate to 5% on all goods and services

(January 25, 2026)

JCP CC Chair Shii: Diet dissolution based on Article 7 of the Constitution is clear example of PM Takaichi’s abuse of power

(January 23, 2026)

JCP and Civil Alliance agree to continue with their joint efforts

(January 23, 2026)

Pass judgment on gov’t that has kept symbiotic ties with Unification Church

(January 22, 2026)

CDPJ’s formation of Centrist Reform Alliance, act of betrayal to concerned citizens who worked together in citizens-opposition parties coalition

(January 22, 2026)

JCP publishes manifesto for Feb.8 general election

(January 14 & 21, 2026)

Unification Church’s political wing campaigning for election victory of Takaichi gov’t

(January 20, 2026)

PM Takaichi announces Jan.23 Lower House dissolution for Feb.8 snap election

(January 20, 2026)

JCP will not be cooperating with ‘Centrist Reform Alliance’ formed by CDPJ and Komeito

(January 18, 2026)

Japan’s payment for US military-related expenses exceeds 1 trillion yen

(January 17, 2026)

Shii won’t be running in coming general election

(January 17, 2026)

Koike: JCP will closely examine the common positions of the new party formed by CDPJ and Komeito

(January 17, 2026)

Visit by LDP and Ishin lawmakers to Israel tantamount to complicity in war crimes

(January 14, 2026)

PM Takaichi plans to call snap election supposedly to avoid Diet questioning about LDP’s ties with Moonies

(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’