Japan Press Weekly

(March 28, 2019)

Diet passes FY 2019 budget

(March 28, 2019)

Truck drivers seek wage hike and transport safety

(March 27, 2019)

Matsuyama court: State and TEPCO neglect to take measures to protect Fukushima NPP from tsunami damage

(March 27, 2019)

92-year-old JCP activist narrates stories about Hiroshima A-bombing for younger generations

(March 26, 2019)

Okinawans stage protest against Tokyo’s forcible landfill expansion

(March 26, 2019)

JCP Yamashita demands creation of national standards for disabled children’s schools

(March 26, 2019)

Tokyo court drops claim of plaintiffs seeking dual surnames

(March 24, 2019)

JCP Tamura: Build more authorized childcare centers instead of subsidizing for-profit corporate-led facilities

(March 24, 2019)

Unjust attack on JCP for purpose of weakening opposition parties’ intra-Diet collaboration (part II)

(March 23, 2019)

Okinawa takes central government to court

(March 23, 2019)

Unjust attack on JCP for purpose of weakening opposition parties’ intra-Diet collaboration (part I)

(March 23, 2019)

Civil group demands NHK news programs become independent of government influence

(March 21, 2019)

150,000 signatures opposing consumption tax hike to 10% submitted to Diet

(March 21, 2019)

JCP Daimon demands creation of state program to subsidize purchase of hearing aids

(March 21, 2019)

Environmental NGOs demand immediate halt to Henoko base project and conduct search of remaining dugong

(March 20, 2019)

Henoko dugong found dead

(March 20, 2019)

Departing JOC chief should disclose all about money scandal concerning Tokyo’s bid to host 2020 Olympics

(March 19, 2019)

300 US aircraft may be ordered to fly to 2 SDF bases in Kyushu in event of emergency

(March 19, 2019)

Cost to purchase island for US flight drill swells fourfold to 16 billion yen

(March 18, 2019)

10,000 Okinawans rally to oppose Henoko base construction

(March 15 & 18, 2019)

CV-22 Osprey flies over Tokyo with gun pointing toward residential areas

(March 18, 2019)

Possibly because of war laws, young people shy away from joining SDF

(March 18, 2019)

Public subsidy for expensive hearing aids needed

(March 18, 2019)

Astronomy community issues statement resolving to refrain from engaging in military-related research

(March 14&15, 2019)

Workers walk out in protest against corporate response offering tiny pay hike

(March 15, 2019)

Increasing number of foreign trainees used in violation of labor laws

(March 14, 2019)

Turning ambulance back, immigration center refuses to carry detainee to hospital

(March 14, 2019)

Abe gov’t generously donates 300 million yen in Japanese people’s tax money to US military thinktank CSIS

(March 14, 2019)

100K pple nationwide rally to oppose heavy tax burdens

(March 14, 2019)

JCP Fujino: New residence status lacks protection of foreign workers’ human rights

(March 13, 2019)

Japan can be urged to pay 2 trillion yen for USFJ under Trump’s ‘Cost Plus 50’ plan

(March 13, 2019)

Shii meets with Lao’s ruling party executive

(March 9 and 12, 2019)

75% of general public recognize reconstruction from Fukushima nuclear disaster as insufficient

(March 12, 2019)

Japan’s low public sector worker density leads to low public service levels

(March 12, 2019)

ATMs in pachinko parlors will be removed to conform with anti-addiction regulation

(March 11, 2019)

Shii issues statement at 8 year commemoration of massive earthquake and Fukushima nuclear meltdown

(March 10, 2019)

Government should end its disregard of civilian victims of air raids during war

(March 9, 2019)

TEPCO plans to use 190 billion yen to reactivate other utility’s nuclear power plant

(March 9, 2019)

Double elections for governor and mayor will take place in Osaka

(March 9, 2019)

International Women’s Day events in Japan focus on promotion of gender equality

(March 8, 2019)

Enactment of local ordinance to revive Seed Act expanding nationwide

(March 8, 2019)

Day of action held to push companies to offer drastic wage hike in this year’s ‘shunto’ talks

(March 7 and 8, 2019)

Min-iren survey: 77 people died in 2018 because of reluctance to go to hospital due to financial constraints

(March 7, 2019)

Over 70% of job gains under Abenomics are non-regular jobs

(March 6, 2019)

Okinawa governor meets with Okinawan Hawaiian who started antibase online drive

(March 6, 2019)

Hitachi and its group companies instructed to abide by rules pertaining to foreign trainee program

(March 6, 2019)

JCP in Hiroshima succeeds in enabling heavy rain victims to live in temporary housing for another year

(March 6, 2019)

JCP discusses government-proposed legislation with Ainu

(March 5, 2019)

Geologists: Active faults may be beneath US base construction site at Henoko

(March 5, 2019)

Non-regular postal workers demand Japan Post abide by court rulings ordering an end to regular/non-regular gaps