Japan Press Weekly

(December 26, 2024)

Only in peace can Japanese sake-brewing be developed and passed down to future generations

(April 20, 2026)

Gov’t eyes on uninhabited pacific island as final N-waste disposal site

(April 16, 2026)

JCP Koike: Constitution allows women to be Emperor

(April 10, 2026)

80 years of Japanese women’s suffrage

(April 7, 2026)

40 years since equal employment opportunity law implemented

(April 5, 2026)

Peasants’ Uprising 2026

(April 1, 2026)

Revised law reducing class size to 35 students at public junior high schools enacted

(March 30, 2026)

Gov’t forces national museums and galleries to ‘generate revenue’

(March 29, 2026)

Japan abstains on UN resolution calling for slavery reparations

(March 28, 2028)

Gov’t science and technology plan may involve further utilization of universities for military purposes

(March 24, 2026)

Efforts of woman and JCP Dietmember lead to filling gender gap in restroom availability

(March 19, 2026)

JCP in Tokyo Assembly calls for higher disability welfare allowance for more eligible recipients

(March 18, 2026)

Following tragic boat capsizing off Okinawa’s Henoko, anti-base activities temporarily suspended

(March 14, 2026)

JCP in Ibaraki calls for withdrawal of prefecture’s plan to offer cash for tip-offs on undocumented foreign workers

(March 14, 2026)

JCP Tatsumi demands apology from heckler who calls him a ‘communist spy’

(March 11, 2026)

Lessons learned from Fukushima nuclear disaster: Quake-prone Japan should get rid of nuclear power generation

(March 5, 2026)

JCP Koike comments on Tokyo High Court’s dissolution order for Unification Church

(March 5, 2026)

JCP Tatsumi demands that gov’t urge China to pay construction cost for its Osaka Expo pavilion

(February 3, 2026)

National university tuition fees should be kept low to ensure equal educational opportunities for all

(January 29, 2026)

Retrial should be granted to unconstitutional criminal trial on Hansen’s disease patient

(January 21, 2026)

Koike calls for checking all NPPs for irregularities in seismic resilience data

(January 16, 2026)

Data fraud scandal-hit Chubu Electric Power should give up on restarting Hamaoka NPP

(January 14, 2026)

Japanese and ROK heads agree to cooperate in DNA testing on remains of 1942 undersea coal-mine accident victims

(December 21, 2025)

Gov’t that seeks to undermine nation’s non-nuclear policy will eventually fade away

(December 20, 2025)

Yamazoe urges gov’t to work for return of remains of Korean victims of wartime Japan’s forced mobilization

(December 19, 2025)

Gov’t intends to make best use of nuclear power as if Fukushima nuclear disaster never happened

(December 13, 2025)

Koike in talks with Okinawan civil groups promises to work hard to solve PFAS contamination issue

(December 12, 2025)

Hokkaido governor approves restart of Tomari nuclear reactor

(December 11, 2025)

JCP will work hard to revise criminal retrial system to save falsely accused victims

(December 3, 2025)

5 out of 6 high court rulings recognize ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional

(November 30, 2025)

Japan, world’s 5th-largest GHG emitter, faces global call to raise its reduction target

(November 27, 2025)

SDF’s quasi-official paper features JCP CC Chair Shii’s new book on ‘Capital’

(November 26, 2025)

In response to global campaign to end violence against women, Tokyo women take action outside Israeli Embassy

(November 26, 2025)

Ban on women stepping onto sumo ring should end

(November 23-25, 2025)

DYLJ 49th National Congress seeks to attract more than 4K new members through grassroots efforts

(November 24, 2025)

JCP Nihi demands that asylum-seekers’ screening procedures be properly conducted

(November 22, 2025)

Restart of TEPCO’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP is utterly unacceptable

(November 20, 2025)

JCP Motomura demands eradication of sexual exploitation and human trafficking

(November 20, 2025)

3.76 million war deaths, big discrepancy from government statistics

(November 15, 2025)

Akahata editorial dept. files complaint against threatener targeting Sunday Akahata reporter

(November 12, 2025)

Farmers urge gov’t to secure proper stockpile of rice and increase rice production

(November 12, 2025)

Create a society which does not tolerate personal attacks on social media with use of malicious rumors

(November 9, 2025)

International symposium on fight against sex trafficking held

(October 31, 2025)

Koike promises JHA president to demand gov’t support for financially struggling hospitals

(October 31, 2025)

To prevent bear-related injuries and deaths, biodiversity forest management is essential

(October 29, 2025)

Japan needs to revitalize bookstores and libraries in order to encourage people to read more books

(October 16, 2025)

Doctor-turned JCP lawmaker Koike talks with AJMC regarding university hospitals’ financial difficulties

(October 15, 2025)

JCP Osaka issues statement on closing of Osaka Kansai Expo

(October 12, 2025)

Japan should denote 2 Nobel Prizes as turning point to strengthen support for basic research

(October 9, 2025)

Japan needs ‘tolerance’ that breeds researchers’ free-thinking and challenges