Japan Press Weekly

( December 9, 2009)

Business circles laid groundwork for construction of authoritarian state

( December 8, 2009)

Bill banning constitutional interpreters from speaking in the Diet

( December 8, 2009)

Pianist Nakamura Hiroko and others protest cuts in budget for culture

( December 8, 2009)

JCP Chair Shii holds talks with visiting Cuban Foreign Minister Rodriguez

(December 7, 2009)

Full-time employment will help stimulate economy and ease poverty

( December 7, 2009)

49 environmental groups demand new base plan at Henoko be scrapped

(December 7, 2009)

Defense Academy chief makes gaffe in criticizing opponents of new U.S. base construction

( December 4 & 6, 2009)

U.S. military refuses to hand over four children of U.S. servicemen allegedly involved in attempted murder

( December 6, 2009)

Symposium held in Okinawa for removal of U.S. Futenma base

(December 4 & 5, 2009)

Postal stocks bill enacted

( December 5, 2009)

JCP stands out as the party of ‘constructive opposition’ in the Diet session

( December 5, 2009)

Hatoyama urged to pursue closure of Futenma base without condition

( December 5, 2009)

Shii and mayor agree on initiating a debate on Japan-U.S. Security Treaty

( December 5, 2009)

Citizens rally for right to distribute political fliers

( December 4, 2009)

Tokyo Bar Association criticizes Supreme Court decision over the right to distribute flyers

(December 4, 2009)

Agriculture committee members have talks with JCP Dietmembers

( December 3, 2009)

Additional troop dispatch will only worsen Afghan situation Akahata editorial (excerpts)

( December 3, 2009)

Olympic medalists oppose government budget-slashing measures in field of sports

( December 3, 2009)

Political flier distributor to appeal to international society

(December 2, 2009)

Bill to freeze sale of Japan Post shares passed through Lower House

( December 2, 2009)

Everyone knows Hatoyama promised to move Futenma base out of Japan Akahata editorial (excerpts)

( December 2, 2009)

Former Foreign Ministry official testifies to the existence of Japan-U.S. secret agreements

( December 2, 2009)

Law enacted to give relief to all plaintiffs in A-bomb disease lawsuits

( December 1, 2009)

JCP criticizes DPJ for arbitrarily extending Diet session

(December 1, 2009)

Meguro ward assembly demands removal of plutonium

(November 27& December 1, 2009)

Hepatitis bill passes Lower House

( December 1, 2009)

Supreme Court finds flier distributor guilty

(November 30, 2009)

Wasteful use of tax money must be cut drastically Akahata editorial

( November 30, 2009)

Workers fight against major manufacturer’s factory closure

( November 29, 2009)

PM Hatoyama’s ‘dunno’ stance on his dubious funds criticized

(Sunday edition, November 29, 2009)

Zenroren marks 20th anniversary of its foundation

( November26 & 29, 2009)

JCP chair attends forestry cooperative general meeting for the first time

( November 28, 2009)

U.S. military personnel in private vehicles should be charged tolls to use expressways

( November 28, 2009)

Abolition of secret pact is imperative for a nuclear-free Japan Akahata editorial (excerpts)

( November 27 & 28, 2009)

Hatoyama urged to establish fund to relieve A-bomb sufferers

( November 28, 2009)

Nearly one million people may be uninsured

( November 28, 2009)

JCP Central Committee adopts the draft resolution of JCP 25th Congress

( November 26 & 27, 2009)

Nobel laureates oppose cuts in science budget

( November 26, 2009)

Okinawa’s local assembly protests against hit-and-run caused by U.S. serviceman

( November 26, 2009)

Progressive unity forum established in Toyota group

( November 26, 2009)

JCP Chair Shii’s speech at general meeting of forestry cooperative

( November 26, 2009)

JCP Central Committee adopts the draft resolution of JCP 25th Congress

( November 25, 2009)

University presidents object to budget-screening for science technology

( November 25, 2009)

Force business sector to achieve a 25% cut in greenhouse gas emissions

( November 25, 2009)

JCP demands relief for all Minamata-disease victims

( November 25, 2009)

Municipalities face shortage of staff for welfare assistance

( November 24, 2009)

DYLJ holds its 34th Congress

( November 23, 2009)

National group set up to help establish basic rights of contingent workers

( November 22, 2009)

Lawyers criticize cuts in number of proportional representation seats

( November 22, 2009)

Young researchers criticize budget-slashing measures in science technologies