Japan Press Weekly

(March 4, 2021)

Shii talks with activists in Miyagi on ways to support 3.11 disaster victims

(March 3, 2021)

Japan should refrain from actions that increase tension following passage of China’s Coast Guard Law

(March 2, 2021)

UN high representative speaks at antinuke event on Bikini Day

(March 1, 2021)

Online Bikini Day rally calls for using UN N-ban treaty as leverage to achieve a world without nuclear weapons

(February 28, 2021)

ASDF refuels US military aircraft in Guam

(February 27, 2021)

JCP policy commission chair: Marukawa inappropriate to be Gender-equality Minister

(February 27, 2021)

JCP condemns airstrike in Syria ordered by Biden administration

(February 26, 2021)

Report on BS altered after wining/dining of communications ministry officials

(February 26, 2021)

PM Suga carries on Abe’s style of abusing power for his own interests

(February 26, 2021)

Japan ranks lowest among G7 counties in gender equality in economic rights

(February 26, 2021)

Shii talks with new South Korean ambassador

(February 25, 2021)

Anti-COVID measures at Australian Open and Tokyo Olympics

(February 25, 2021)

Okinawa Prefectural Assembly unanimously protests against latest sex crime involving US marine

(February 24, 2021)

China should rescind its Coast Guard Law

(February 20, 2021)

JCP Tamura demands summoning of PM Suga's son and 4 high-ranking bureaucrats to testify before Diet

(February 20, 2021)

Fukushima evacuees win reversal in appellate court

(February 18 & 19, 2021)

Okinawans angry at another sex crime committed by US marine and the spate of low altitude flights

(February 19, 2021)

Tokyo Olympic organizing committee’s choice of its new head poses several questions

(February 18, 2021)

JCP Akamine: Don’t use soil from ‘killing zone’ in Battle of Okinawa to build new US base in Henoko

(February 18, 2021)

LDP won't give its female lawmakers a voice in LDP executive meetings

(February 18, 2021)

Shii in webinar for high school students talks about the society JCP envisions in the future

(February 17, 2021)

Youth group: Lack of democracy in schools causes Japanese youth to become disillusioned with politics

(February 16, 2021)

Shii meets with outgoing Iraqi ambassador

(February 14, 2021)

Gov't will mobilize JAXA for 'space war' promotion

(February 13, 2021)

JCP in Yamanashi protests against US live-shell firing exercises that caused 4 fires in one week

(February 13, 2021)

Shii comments on Tokyo Olympics organizing committee president’s resignation over sexist remarks

(February 13, 2021)

Use of 6% of Toyota’s huge profits will offer 20,000-yen monthly wage hike to all Toyota-related workers

(February 13, 2021)

Shii discusses with Hibakusha online gov’t nuclear disarmament policy

(February 11, 2021)

US fighters fly at low altitudes close to medical helicopter over Tokushima

(February 10, 2021)

DoD Missile Defense Agency pressured Japan into adopting Lockheed-made radars

(February 10, 2021)

Unions call for expansion of women participation in decision-making process in media industry

(February 8, 2021)

PM Suga received Y4 mil donation from founder of media firm where his son works

(February 8, 2021)

PM Suga steps into his predecessor’s shoes on ‘northern territories’ issue

(February 6 & 7, 2021)

Japan gov't defends sexist head of Tokyo Games

(February 6, 2021)

US live-fire drills burn hundreds of hectares of land at World Heritage site, Mt. Fuji

(February 6, 2021)

Gov’t ‘green growth strategy’ will not work to promote use of renewables

(February 6, 2021)

Tokyo Games' head Mori looks down on women

(February 5, 2021)

Shii: PM Suga should be accountable for his son’s wining/dining scandal

(February 5, 2021)

Civil Alliance calls on JCP to move forward to initiate change of government

(February 4, 2021)

Guilty ruling finalized for vote-buying case of ex-LDP lawmaker Kawai Anri

(February 4, 2021)

COVID-related laws with penalty provisions enacted

(February 3, 2021)

JCP demands that extension of state of emergency be accompanied by adequate relief

(February 3, 2021)

Outsourcing of caseworkers' jobs contributory factor in rise of human rights abuses

(February 2, 2021)

Citizen-backed incumbent defeats pro-base rival in Nishinoomote mayoral election

(February 2, 2021)

JCP Koike: 3 LDP cadremen should resign as Dietmembers for visiting hostess bars under state of emergency

(February 1, 2021)

JCP denounces Myanmar's military coup

(February 1, 2021)

Summer Olympic Games under pandemic conditions should be cancelled in order to focus on fight against COVID-19: JCP

(January 29 & 31)

Making inquiries to relatives for possible assistance is 'not mandatory' to receive public welfare benefits

(January 29, 2021)

Shii criticizes forcible enactment of 3rd supplementary budget

(January 29, 2021)

LDP bulldozes through 3rd supplementary budget