Japan Press Weekly

(June 23, 2020)

Hiroshima High Court overturns lower court decision and recognizes 5 Hibakusha as A-bomb disease patients

(June 22, 2020)

JMITU wins compensation for lost income of corona-affected contract workers at NTT subsidiary

(June 21, 2020)

USMC with China in mind beefs up Iejima facilities in Okinawa

(June 19 & 20, 2020)

JCP Miyamoto files with Defense Ministry protest against part-drop accident of US Osprey aircraft

(June 20, 2020)

Government workers despite cuts in workforce and budget fight hard against COVID-19 crisis

(June 20, 2020)

Shii and teachers’ union agree on need to reduce class sizes at public schools as part of anti-corona efforts

(June 19, 2020)

2 sitting Dietmembers arrested for vote buying

(June 19, 2020)

Tokyo gubernatorial race putting coronavirus at top of agenda officially starts

(June 18, 2020)

Shii protests the closing of Diet session without sufficiently discussing anti-coronavirus measures

(June 18, 2020)

Opposition and ruling parties agree on parliamentary discussion of corona-related issues during Diet recess

(June 18, 2020)

Expert: Government’s new coronavirus contact-tracing app arouses privacy concerns

(June 17, 2020)

Abe gov't avoids debate over issues of North Korean abduction and Russian-held northern territories

(June 17, 2020)

Court: Cabinet has legal obligation to respond to Dietmembers’ request for convocation of Diet session

(June 16, 2020)

Aegis Ashore deployment plan should be abandoned altogether: JCP Kokuta

(June 16, 2020)

Government should improve disaster evacuation as part of coronavirus countermeasures

(June 13, 2020)

2nd supplementary budget for coronavirus countermeasures enacted

(June 13, 2020)

Japan Bar Association demands that anti-coronavirus expert panel take minutes of meetings

(June 13, 2020)

Okinawa governor criticizes resumption of US base construction work in Henoko

(June 13, 2020)

English teachers for children win direct employment by private academy

(June 13, 2020)

Anti-poverty group: Utilize Olympic village as lodging for people who lost places to live due to COVID-19 crisis

(June 12, 2020)

Death of sushi restaurant manager recognized as work-related

(June 12, 2020)

International human rights NGO proposes law revision to criminalize 'sex without consent'

(June 12, 2020)

30K signatures submitted for use of Tokyo park for memorial service for Korean victims of 1923 massacre

(June 11, 2020)

Shii in discussion on 2nd supplementary budget calls for increasing preparedness for renewed surge in COVID-19 cases

(June 11, 2020)

Opposition parties propose motion to recompile 2nd supplementary budget

(June 11, 2020)

Corporate internal reserves should be used to maintain jobs and support contractors during COVID-19 crisis: expert

(June 11, 2020)

UN human rights experts urge Japan not to make hasty decision on ocean release of radioactive Fukushima water

(June 10, 2020)

Government should hurry to provide support to single-parent families hit especially hard by coronavirus

(June 10, 2020)

Many hospitals demand compensation for coronavirus-caused loss of earnings without delay

(June 9, 2020)

All 7 JCP candidates win in Okinawa pref. assembly election

(June 9, 2020)

Opposition parties jointly propose bill to ban sexual harassment at work

(June 9, 2020)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences decides to refuse government subsidies for military research

(June 7 & 8, 2020)

Demonstrators in Tokyo and Osaka: Discrimination can happen to us, too

(June 8, 2020)

Government should be accountable for corruption allegation regarding coronavirus-related subsidy program

(June 8, 2020)

JCP opposes Education Ministry’s move to impose higher tuition on national university students

(June 5, 2020)

China's leadership still doesn't reflect on 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown

(June 5, 2020)

JCP releases proposal regarding ways to revive social and economic activities under continued coronavirus risk

(June 5, 2020)

Government compiles support measures covering a wide range of sports clubs

(June 5, 2020)

110K signatures submitted for minimum wage hike and for demand to protect workers’ livelihoods from corona recession

(June 4, 2020)

JCP Shiokawa calls for lowering 10-trillion-yen reserves in supplementary budget

(June 4, 2020)

Non-regular workers account for half of coronavirus-caused dismissals

(June 4, 2020)

Let us work to create a society without racial discrimination through international solidarity

(June 3, 2020)

JCP issues urgent proposal on reopening of schools

(June 3, 2020)

US soldier and base worker in Okinawa indicted for armed robbery

(June 3, 2020)

Almost half of welfare facilities for disabled suffer loss in income due to corona crisis

(June 2, 2020)

120 young Japanese in online event hear Hibakusha testimony

(June 1, 2020)

Agency worker at Honda subsidiary: Knowing nothing about workers' rights, we are treated like doormats

(May 31, 2020)

Amid coronavirus crisis, number of women non-regular workers decreases by 1 million

(May 31, 2020)

JCP lawmaker calls for medical-centric ODA

(May 31, 2020)

Cabinet should never again attempt to influence prosecution authority