Japan Press Weekly

(August 4, 2022)

Ex-female SDF member urges Defense Ministry to hire 3rd-party investigators to probe sexual violence within SDF

(July 23, 2022)

Pushed by joint efforts of JCP and concerned citizens, Aomori City decides to introduce free school lunch program

(July 16, 2022)

JCP Koike criticized PM Kishida for intending to resume operations of 9 reactors

(July 14, 2022)

Japan ranks 116th in global gender equality, lowest among G7 countries

(July 14, 2022)

Ex-TEPCO executives ordered to pay over \13 trillion yen in damages for Fukushima nuclear accident

(July 8, 2022)

JCP gains highest level of citizens’ support among political parties in achieving UN global education goal

(July 6, 2022)

JCP in civil group’s survey: Reproductive health and rights are human rights

(July 2 & 5, 2022)

LDP booklet: Homosexuality is either mental illness or addiction

(July 3, 2022)

Japan's self-sufficiency rate in energy is only 10%, expansion of renewables is a must

(July 1, 2022)

Number of farmers in Japan down by half in 20 years, endangering nation’s food production

(June 30, 2022)

Improvement in public housing policy is imperative to end 'housing poverty'

(June 24, 2022)

Japan gives up ODA for coal power projects in Bangladesh and Indonesia

(June 23, 2022)

Medical fees will be waived for under 18-year-olds in Tokyo's 23 wards

(June 16 & 21, 2022)

84% of teachers call for increase in number of gov't-set number of teachers

(June 18, 2022)

Top court unfairly denies state responsibility for damages caused by 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident

(June 18, 2022)

JCP Kami demands safe operations of Japanese fishing boats in waters around disputed islands off Hokkaido

(June 14, 2022)

JCP Kasai meets with Mindan vice-president

(June 8, 2022)

Ex-Upper House members’ group calls on political parties to work to send more women to Diet

(June 8, 2022)

Asbestos victims sue construction material makers refusing to join compensation fund

(June 7, 2022)

JCP Kasai attends virtual event aimed at widely publicizing Small and Medium Enterprise Charter

(June 2, 2022)

Sapporo District Court orders suspension of Tomari nuclear power plant

(May 29 & 30, 2022)

Shii: Lower House head Hosoda should be held accountable for his sexual harassment scandal

(May 27, 2022)

Cross-party Dietmembers demand better system to support vulnerable women

(May 27, 2022)

JCP in Shimane prefectural assembly votes against resumption of Shimane NPP

(May 23, 2022)

Japan should increase its food self-sufficiency rate to contribute to ending world hunger

(May 21, 2022)

Youth groups ask JCP for cooperation to work to realize civil participation in state policymaking on energy

(May 18, 2022)

Arson attack on Korean community underlines need to realize a Japan free of hate crimes

(May 17, 2022)

JCP Kira demands law reform to eradicate power harassment and sexual harassment in entertainment industry

(May 5, 2022)

Create a world where children in every country can live in peace

(May 11, 2022)

JCP calls for improving national standards for the number of children's nurses

(May 11, 2022)

JCP Iwabuchi: Gov’t policy of operating 40 coal-fired thermal units even as late as 2050 runs counter to global trend

(May 8, 2022)

Kasai demands that gov't stop budgeting for Japan-France development of fast-fission reactor

(May 8, 2022)

Public support is needed so that 'young caregivers' won't be left isolated

(April 29, 2022)

Government should abandon casino gambling-dependent economic policy

(April 27, 2022)

JCP Miyamoto attends online meeting held jointly by Japanese and Korean families of ex-leprosy patients

(April 25, 2022)

Shii at Rainbow Pride festival expresses his determination to work hard to enact LGBTQ equality law

(April 23, 2022)

Hidankyo asks for JCP’s cooperation in improving government support for 2nd-generation Hibakusha

(April 19, 2022)

2nd-generation Japanese returnees from China seek public assistance

(April 13 & 16, 2022)

Tamura takes part in two online events on electoral gender quotas

(April 4, 2022)

Neoliberalism spoils Japan's world ranking in academic research area to 11th from previous ranking of 4th

(March 31, 2022)

Court rules police restriction on people’s voices critical of government unconstitutional

(March 26, 2022)

LDP, Komei, & ‘Tomin’ party force through ordinance bill to abolish Tokyo-run hospitals in defiance of 350K signatures

(March 16-18, 2022)

LDP, Komei, and 'Tomin' party abolish metropolitan hospitals, turning them into for-profit bodies

(March 16, 2022)

JCP urges gov’t to recall leaflet informing pupils/students that ALPS-treated Fukushima water is 'safe'

(March 15, 2022)

Gov't still restricts eligibility requirement to be officially-recognized Hibakusha in defiance of 'black rain' court ruling

(March 11, 2022)

JCP Koike attends memorial ceremony for victims of massive 1945 Tokyo air raid

(March 11, 2022)

Shii: Gov’t should continue supporting recovery from 2011 natural disaster and nuclear meltdown

(March 10, 2022)

Enactment of law to relieve civilian victims of US air raids during WWII is pressing need

(March 10, 2020)

JCP calls for Sapporo City not to join in bidding for 2030 Winter Games

(March 2 & 7, 2022)

JCP Yamazoe attends memorial service for Sri Lankan woman who died in custody at immigration center