Japan Press Weekly

(September 30, 2024)

Court rules police practice of maintaining innocent people’s personal data as unconstitutional

(September 27, 2024)

JCP Tamura in her comment on acquittal in Hakamada’s retrial calls for early revision of criminal retrial system

(September 26, 2024)

JCP lawmakers promise to work hard to increase Japan’s budget for promotion of arts and culture

(September 22 & 25, 2024)

Plaintiffs in Nagasaki ‘black rain’ suit criticize gov’t policy to challenge district court ruling as unacceptable

(September 25, 2024)

JCP proposes ordinance bill to organize Tokyoites’ assembly on climate change

(September 18, 2024)

Osaka citizens’ group urges national government to cancel 2025 World Expo

(September 11, 2024)

Prewar court precedent showing coerciveness of Japanese military’s ‘comfort women’ system added to gov’t archive

(September 10, 2024)

Court recognizes some of plaintiffs in Nagasaki ‘black rain’ suit as ‘Hibakusha’

(September 7, 2024)

Part of Ukishima-maru’s passenger list provided to South Korea

(September 5, 2024)

Iroren asks parliamentarians’ support for higher state remuneration to nursing-care service providers

(September 4, 2024)

JCP EC Chair Tamura talks with women’s NGO network

(September 2, 2024)

JCP Koike attends memorial ceremony for Korean martyrs in 1923 massacre

(September 2, 2024)

Hyogo governor abuses his power, driving prefectural official to suicide

(August 31, 2024)

JCP urges Tokyo governor to send condolences to annual memorial service for Korean victims of 1923 massacre

(August 25, 2024)

JCP Dietmembers attend memorial event for Koreans killed in 1945 Ukishima-maru incident

(August 24, 2024)

JCP Fukushima assemblymembers protest against failure of debris removal test at Fukushima Daiichi

(August 23, 2024)

JCP EC Chair Tamura calls for gov’t compensation to victims of wartime Tsushima-maru tragedy

(August 23, 2024)

Tamura calls for compensation far higher than top court ruling provided to forced sterilization victims

(August 22, 2024)

Kurdish children talk with JCP lawmakers about their everyday reality

(August 17, 2024)

Anti-nuclear power group in Kagoshima demands shut down of Sendai NPP following Hyuga-nada quake

(August 15, 2024)

Japanese Military ‘Comfort Women’ Memorial Day event held in Tokyo

(August 12, 2024)

80% of people with disabilities live in poverty

(August 8, 2024)

JCP Kokuta obtains list of people on board Ukishima-maru

(August 2, 2024)

Paternity take-up rate hits record high, but fails to shrink gender gap in parental leave

(July 26, 2024)

496 listed companies in 2023 pay 10% more to shareholders while offering only 2.2% pay hikes

(July 24, 2024)

Hyogo citizens’ efforts successfully scrap event exposing children to SDF drills

(July 23, 2024)

Aichi JCP holds talks with Mindan regarding a society protecting every one’s fundamental human rights

(July 18, 2024)

JCP talks with women’s groups regarding quest for gender equality

(July 18, 2024)

As demanded by JCP, Dazaifu City decides not to provide young residents’ personal data to SDF recruiters

(July 10, 2024)

Japan recommends ‘Sado Kinzan’ as a World Cultural Heritage candidate but hides the history of Korean forced labor there

(July 9, 2024)

‘Those with few children should reflect on this’ is LDP attitude and main obstacle to gender equality

(July 5, 2024)

JCP Dietmembers talk with victims of forced sterilization

(July 4, 2024)

Supreme court rules forced sterilization unconstitutional, ordering gov’t to compensate victims

(June 27, 2024)

Gov’t complains about UN report pointing out inadequacy of Japan’s PFAS countermeasures

(June 26, 2024)

Hibakusha ask JCP for cooperation in realizing state compensation for all A-bomb damages

(June 22, 2024)

Hibakusha calls on gov’t for state compensation for A-bomb damage

(June 22, 2024)

Rally seeking to establish air-raid victims relief law takes place

(June 18, 2024)

More cabin attendants than state minimum standard to be assigned on JAL Boeing 787s

(June 17, 2024)

Put end to LDP gov’t sticking to outdated family values to create gender-equal Japan

(June 13, 2024)

General public can’t afford a condo at former Olympic village due to soaring prices caused by corporate resales

(June 12, 2024)

Possibly due to PFAS, US military will stop using on-base drinking water wells

(June 9, 2024)

JCP Kira participates in protest demonstration against adversely-revised immigration law

(June 6, 2024)

JCP Chair Tamura blames gov’t policies for record-low birthrate

(June 5, 2024)

JCP lawmakers discuss with Turkish parliamentarians about Kurdish refugees in Japan

(June 1, 2024)

Gov’t admits to existence of lists of Korean victims of 1945 Ukishima-maru incident

(May 31, 2024)

Miyamoto urges gov’t to ratify ILO convention on elimination of violence and harassment at work

(May 31, 2024)

Flammable gas detected at Osaka Expo construction site

(May 31, 2024)

All-Japan Teachers and Staffs Union calls for cancellation of project to invite children to Expo

(May 30, 2024)

JCP Motomura: Special permission to stay in Japan should be granted to all children of visa overstayers

(May 24, 2024)

Women’s rights activists take to streets to push gov’t to ratify optional protocol to CEDAW