Japan Press Weekly

(June 17, 2022)

Yen's decline will add fuel to rising prices

(June 17, 2022)

JCP Dietmembers attend farewell reception for South Korean ambassador

(June 16, 2022)

Shii calls on JCP Dietmembers to gear up for July 10 Upper House election

(June 16, 2022)

JCP will attend 1st TPNW Con. while Japanese gov’t opts not to do so

(June 15, 2022)

Shii on HuffPo Japan speaks to younger generations about JCP

(June 14, 2022)

JCP Kasai meets with Mindan vice-president

(June 12, 2022)

Refusal to participate in 1st TPNW conference is shameful behavior as only A-bombed nation in the world

(June 11, 2022)

Opposition parties, including JCP, jointly submit bill to cancel introduction of tax-invoice system

(June 11, 2022)

Pension cut amid price surge will negatively impact many pensioners’ livelihoods

(June 10, 2021)

JCP votes for CDPJ no-confidence motion against Kishida Cabinet

(June 6, 2022)

All conservative parties favor arms buildup which will drag Japan into vicious cycle of military escalation

(June 9, 2022)

JCP and 3 other opposition parties jointly submit bill to end discrimination against LGBTQ

(June 9, 2022)

JCP Chair Shii talks with Swedish ambassador to Japan

(June 9, 2022)

JCP publishes July Upper House election platform

(June 8, 2022)

JCP submits bill to put stop to measure to double elderly people’s burden for medical payments

(June 8, 2022)

Kishida gov’t’s basic fiscal policy aimed at further military buildup is unacceptable

(June 8, 2022)

Ex-Upper House members’ group calls on political parties to work to send more women to Diet

(June 8, 2022)

Asbestos victims sue construction material makers refusing to join compensation fund

(June 7, 2022)

JCP Kasai attends virtual event aimed at widely publicizing Small and Medium Enterprise Charter

(June 6, 2022)

Power-based approach to N. Korea’s missile launches will cause instability in region

(June 5, 2022)

Japan’s SDF is integral to US military strategy targeting China

(June 4, 2022)

JCP 5th CC Plenum calls for strengthening JCP activities to achieve major advance in approaching Upper House election

(June 3, 2022)

JCP decides not to field candidates in 12 of 32 single-seat constituencies in July Upper House election

(May 29 & June 2, 2022)

US may deploy 2 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers to Yokosuka

(June 2, 2022)

US fighter jet dumps fuel tank into sea off Okinawa

(June 2, 2022)

Sapporo District Court orders suspension of Tomari nuclear power plant

(June 1, 2022)

Japan increases arms purchases under FMS

(May 31, 2022)

JCP submits bill to reduce consumption tax rate and end tax-invoice system

(May 30, 2022)

Nagasaki A-bomb survivors form group to work to increase number of TPNW signatories

(May 29 & 30, 2022)

Shii: Lower House head Hosoda should be held accountable for his sexual harassment scandal

(May 28, 2022)

Union asks JCP’s cooperation in efforts to win regular positions for non-regular workers in government sector

(May 27, 2022)

JCP and Japan bar association share recognition of importance of protecting war-renouncing Article 9

(May 27, 2022)

Cross-party Dietmembers demand better system to support vulnerable women

(May 27, 2022)

JCP in Shimane prefectural assembly votes against resumption of Shimane NPP

(May 26, 2022)

Shii: FY 2022 supplementary budget draft unable to ease impact of price surge on people’s livelihoods

(May 24 & 25, 2022)

JCP submits bill to eliminate corporate/organizational donations to political parties

(May 24, 2022)

PM Kishida’s further military buildup promise to US harmful to people’s livelihoods and peace in East Asia

(May 23, 2022)

Japan sought its control over US military drills outside US bases, but in vain

(May 23, 2022)

Japan should increase its food self-sufficiency rate to contribute to ending world hunger

(May 22, 2022)

As demanded by JCP, gov’t will oblige companies to disclose gender gap in wages

(May 21, 2022)

Youth groups ask JCP for cooperation to work to realize civil participation in state policymaking on energy

(May 20, 2022)

Shii comments on Finland and Sweden's NATO bids

(May 20, 2022)

JCP Kokuta attends Palestinian ambassador-hosted dinner

(May 19, 2022)

80% of Japanese youth in survey: Japan should not possess nuclear weapons

(May 18, 2022)

JCP Inoue demands that strengthening of US logistics functions at Iwakuni and Yokota bases be cancelled

(May 18, 2022)

JCP donates \25 million to UN Women Japan Liaison Office to support Ukrainian women

(May 18, 2022)

4,500 non-regular researchers at national universities and research institutes may face dismissals

(May 18, 2022)

Arson attack on Korean community underlines need to realize a Japan free of hate crimes

(May 17, 2022)

JCP Kira demands law reform to eradicate power harassment and sexual harassment in entertainment industry

(May 15 & 16, 2022)

Shii issues comment on 50th anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to Japan