Japan Press Weekly

( November 21, 2009)

Government budget screening cuts even things people need - Akahata editorial (excerpts)

( November 21, 2009)

Children’s deaths in childcare centers rapidly increase

( November 21, 2009)

Zenroren celebrates its 20th anniversary

( November 21, 2009)

JCP Chair Shii and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang hold talks

( November 20, 2009)

DPJ cabinet uses secret fund, too

( November 20, 2009)

JCP protests DPJ for undemocratic steering of Diet

( November 20, 2009)

JCP Kami demands cancellation of FTA negotiations with Australia and the U.S.

(November 20, 2009)

Government urged to extend term of unemployment benefits

( November 19, 2009)

Shii says it’s time for government to end subservience to the U.S.

( November 19, 2009)

Area of U.S. military bases in Japan has doubled since 1980

( November 19, 2009)

Japan Gensuikyo gives speech at International Peace Bureau

( November 19, 2009)

Fathers with dependent children also seek child-rearing allowances

( November 19, 2009)

DPJ accepts closure of three metropolitan children’s hospitals

( November 19, 2009)

Government urged to make high schools tuition-free without delay

(November 19, 2009)

Nago’s anti-base forces join together in support of mayoral candidate

(November 18, 2009)

Finance minister urged to reconsider consumption tax hike

( November 18, 2009)

JCP Koike criticizes government panel’s cuts in tax spending

(November 18, 2009)

Give up new base construction in Okinawa! - Akahata editorial

( November 18, 2009)

JCP calls for resumption of additional benefits for elderly

(November 18, 2009)

Wages paid to wives in family-run businesses be tax-deductible expense

( November 17, 2009)

Government's budget-slashing measures raise many questions

( November 17, 2009)

Ginowan mayor calls on foreign minister to close Futenma base

( November 17, 2009)

Medical practitioners demand three children’s hospitals open

( November 17, 2009)

JCP candidate reelected Kiso Town mayor by large margin

( November 13 & 16, 2009)

‘Yanba dam money’ flowing back to LDP

( November 16, 2009)

Fujitsu subsidiary cuts 2,000 full-time jobs in its factories

( November 15 and 16, 2009)

Shinfujin determined to further develop women’s movement

(November 15, 2009)

Don’t turn its back on Okinawans wish to remove U.S. bases! - Akahata editorial (excerpts)

( November 15, 2009)

Intractable disease patients hold rally against budget cuts

( November 14, 2009)

Business leaders train new DPJ Dietmembers

( November 14, 2009)

Japanese and U.S. business leaders ignore public opinion

( November 14, 2009)

Why is DPJ hostile to Cabinet Legislation Bureau? Akahata editorial (excerpts)

( November 12, 13, and 14, 2009)

Okinawans demand that U.S. forces hand over suspect

( November 14, 2009)

New government cannot break away from traditional stance toward U.S.

( November 12 &13, 2009)

U.S. Marines fire 642 shells in live-fire drills

( November 13, 2009)

Nurses working longer nightshifts

( November 13, 2009)

Small business managers/workers call for urgent relief measures

( November 13, 2009)

Gov.intends to remove safety standards at public childcare centers

( November 12, 2009)

Rally organizers urge government to refuse hosting new U.S. base

( November 12, 2009)

40% of unemployed out of work for more than six months

( November 12, 2009)

Movement demanding compensation for victims of wartime suppression

( November 11, 2009)

Okinawans criticize Kanagawa governor

( November 11, 2009)

Kokuta emphasizes need to review SOFA and remove U.S. bases

( November 11, 2009)

Okinawans call on both governments to withdraw Futenma plan

( November 11, 2009)

Hatoyama urged to regulate contingent worker layoffs

( November 10, 2009)

Hit-and-run accident caused by U.S. serviceman in Okinawa

( November 10, 2009)

21,000 protest relocation of U.S. Marine Corps base within prefecture

( November 10, 2009)

35,000 people in rally urge government to protect jobs and livelihoods

( November 10, 2009)

JCP Ichida supports foreign residents right to vote in local elections

( November 10, 2009)

Farmers protest against Japan-U.S. FTA