Japan Press Weekly

(May 16, 2022)

Minimum hourly wage hike vital to reduce adverse impact of price surge

(May 14, 2022)

On 50th reversion anniversary, Okinawa prefectural assembly renews its determination to achieve drastic SOFA revision

(May 12 & 13, 2022)

Bill to increase gov’t control over economy and R&D activities under pretext of national security enacted

(May 13, 2022)

Zenroren holds rally to increase efforts to achieve higher wages for all care workers

(May 5, 2022)

Create a world where children in every country can live in peace

(May 12, 2022)

Youth group asks JCP to work to realize hopeful future

(May 11 & 12, 2022)

JCP Kasai attends talks held between new South Korean president and Japanese delegation

(May 11, 2022)

Opposition parties jointly propose bills to improve refugee recognition system and immigration control administration

(May 11, 2022)

PM Kishida in the City of London suddenly announces his plan to increase Japanese public's assets through investments

(May 11, 2022)

JCP calls for improving national standards for the number of children's nurses

(May 11, 2022)

JCP Iwabuchi: Gov’t policy of operating 40 coal-fired thermal units even as late as 2050 runs counter to global trend

(May 10, 2022)

Unification of opposition candidates for July Upper House election will be realized only in limited constituencies

(May 7 & 10, 2022)

4 US military aircraft circle around above downtown Iwakuni City for 2 hours

(May 8, 2022)

Kasai demands that gov't stop budgeting for Japan-France development of fast-fission reactor

(May 8, 2022)

Public support is needed so that 'young caregivers' won't be left isolated

(May 7, 2022)

Antinuke peace march 2022: 'No!' to Russia's nuclear threats

(May 5 & 6, 2022)

Shii subjected to Russia’s entry ban: I criticize Russia based on UN Charter

(May 6, 2022)

US applies double standard to Japan regarding PFAS investigations around US military bases

(May 4, 2022)

15K people assemble at Tokyo park to protect Constitution

(May 3, 2022)

JCP Inoue: To train Myanmar military officers will hurt international trust in Japan

(May 2, 2022)

Workers in 2022 May Day rally: Protect people’s livelihoods during price surge!

(May 2. 2022)

Taking advantage of Ukraine crisis, LDP seeks to double military spending to more than 2% of GDP

(May 1, 2022)

Online rally marking 50 years of Okinawa's reversion to Japan held

(April 29, 2022)

US pressure leads to downfall of Japan’s semiconductor industry

(April 29, 2022)

JCP Kasai talks online with EU parliamentarians over Russia's invasion of Ukraine

(April 29, 2022)

Government should abandon casino gambling-dependent economic policy

Due to Japan's 'Golden Week' holiday period, our next issue will appear on May 13.

(April 28, 2022)

JCP opposes Diet resolution on 50th anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion due to lack of demand for SOFA revision

(April 27, 2022)

Japan should grant refugee status to Ukrainian evacuees

(April 27, 2022)

JCP Miyamoto attends online meeting held jointly by Japanese and Korean families of ex-leprosy patients

(April 26, 2022)

JCP Kasai attends meeting between Japanese lawmakers and delegation sent by incoming S. Korean leader

(April 25, 2022)

Shii at Rainbow Pride festival expresses his determination to work hard to enact LGBTQ equality law

(April 23, 2022)

Hidankyo asks for JCP’s cooperation in improving government support for 2nd-generation Hibakusha

(April 23, 2022)

Hibakusha and peace activists submit over 960K signatures calling for Japan's participation in UN N-ban treaty

(April 22, 2022)

Shii calls for public opposition to Defense Ministry’s recognition of antiwar protest as gray-zone emergency

(April 22, 2022)

Shii criticizes LDP's proposal to attack enemy's military nerve center

(April 22, 2022)

As demanded by union/JCP, unemployment benefit program will assist pandemic-induced loss of employment

(April 22, 2022)

JCP donates \29 million to UN WFP for Ukraine

(April 21, 2022)

US marine in Okinawa indicted on charge of sexual assault on woman

(April 21, 2022)

Okinawa's Ginoza Village Assembly protests against USMC ‘hanging drills’

(April 20, 2022)

JCP Yamazoe demands that Japan grant refugee status to Ukraine evacuees

(April 19, 2022)

JCP Kokuta: Japan should provide support to Moldova for accepting Ukrainian refugees

(April 19, 2022)

2nd-generation Japanese returnees from China seek public assistance

(April 15 & 18, 2022)

Shii: Russian Empire-originated hegemonism factor that lies behind Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

(April 16 & 17, 2022)

JCP Daimon calls for effective sanctions on Russia with countermeasure on tax havens for Russia's 'oligarchs'

(April 16, 2022)

JCP proposes 8-pillar emergency economic package

(April 13 & 16, 2022)

Tamura takes part in two online events on electoral gender quotas

(April 15, 2022)

GSDF and US Navy jointly conducted drills to suppress anti-base demonstrators

(April 13-15, 2022)

Lawyers set up network to support struggle of shift workers against unfair treatment

(April 14, 2022)

Hibakusha/antinuke peace groups protest against US subcritical nuclear tests