Japan Press Weekly

(November 11, 2008)

Defense Academy’s textbook describes Japan’s past wars of aggression as for self-defense

(November 11, 2008)

Japan Peace Committee requests U.S. base hosting prefecture governors to urge national government to make public secret Japan-U.S. deals

(November 11, 2008 )

JCP urges Mazda to withdraw plan to lay off temps

(November 11, 2008 )

600 people hold a rally to urge Nichia to carry out its promise

(November 11, 2008)

Bedridden-Korean Hibakusha wins health benefit lawsuit

(November 9, 2008)

Stop government from ignoring former Air SDF Chief of Staff’s improper conduct

(November 9, 2008)

Toyota stops evading law in its use of temporary workers after being exposed by JCP chair in Diet

(November 9, 2008 )

Stop scholarship loan program for students from being turned into student loan business

(November 8, 2008 )

Agriculture Ministry resumes auctions for imported rice but concludes unsuccessfully

(November 7, 2008)

78 ASDF officers took part in controversial essay contest

(November 7, 2008)

Citizens’ organization urges defense bureau to return U.S. Naval facility site

(November 7, 2008)

Large corporations unilaterally stop hiring temporary workers

(November 6, 2008 )

JCP Chair Shii: ‘We’ll see how Obama’s promise of change will be implemented’

(November 6, 2008)

NGO representative testifies: Sending troops increases terror

(November 6, 2008 )

SME-bullying finance bill railroaded through Lower House

(November 6, 2008)

JCP Shii calls for nationwide effort to block consumption tax increase

(November 6, 2008 )

Ex-vice defense chief Moriya sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for bribery

(November 5, 2008)

Government panel calls for a consumption tax increase to 8%-16% in 2015

(November 5, 2008 )

Sending SDF helicopters to Afghanistan to assist in war is unconstitutional

(November 5, 2008 )

Aso’s economic package will only discourage people from spending money: JCP Sasaki

(November 5, 2008 )

Aso Cabinet approves bill to revise Worker Dispatch Law

(November 5, 2008 )

Japan’s suicide rate ranks eighth in the world

(November 3, 2008)

241 accidents involving U.S. military aircraft occur in Okinawa between 2003 and 2007

(November 3, 2008)

Can people today really enjoy art and culture?

(November 2, 2008)

Politics that made General Tamogami so arrogant

(November 1, 2008)

Japan should not participate in COP14 agreement if the U.S. does not, states MOFA official

(November 1, 2008)

Air force chief dismissed over essay on Japan's aggression during World War II

(November 1, 2008)

High court rejects charge that denies compulsory mass suicide during WWII

(November 1, 2008 )

6,500 rally against disabled persons ‘self-support’ law

(November 1, 2008)

Labor think tank proposes economic recovery by stimulating domestic demand

(November 1, 2008)

Court Decides to retry ‘Yokohama Incident’ case

(October 31, 2008)

Government’s stimulus plan won’t protect the public from ailing economy

(October 31, 2008)

More than 30,000 children living without health insurance

(October 31, 2008 )

Nagoya District Court orders Toyota and Denso to pay compensation for work-related mental depression

(October 31, 2008 )

High Court recognizes nurse’s death from overwork as work-related

(October 31, 2008)

Former JCP vice-chair Ueda Koichiro dies

(October 30, 2008)

Stop spoiling major banks that bully SMEs: JCP Sasaki

(October 30, 2008)

U.S. airplane that crashed failed to report flight schedule

(October 30, 2008 )

People’s Spring Struggle Joint Committee holds meeting to discuss 2009 struggle

(October 30, 2008)

Fuwa meets China’s party training institute deputy head

(October 29, 2008 )

It is sheer folly for Japan to pay costs of relocating U.S. Marines

(October 29, 2008 )

JCP Inoue urges the government to call on the U.S. for cancellation of air strikes in Afghanistan

(October 29, 2008)

JCP Sasaki says finance bill fails to improve availability of loans to smaller firms

(October 28, 2008)

Raising consumption tax is suicidal for domestic demand

(October 28, 2008 )

JCP calls for government efforts for safe birth

(October 28, 2008)

Federation of Bar Associations urges government and companies to give redress to Red Purge victims

(October 27, 2008 )

10 billionaires received tax breaks amounting to 18.3 billion yen in FY 2006

(October 26, 2008)

Toyota fires workers even while earning one trillion dollars in profit

(October 26, 2008)

Calls for a new order to deal with worldwide financial crisis

(October 25, 2008 )

Airplane bound for Kadena Air Base bursts into flames after landing