Japan Press Weekly

(January, 17, 2019)

Opposition party parliamentarians share with Okinawa governor view on Henoko issue

(January 16, 2019)

JCP Tokyo demands investigation into scandal involving JOC chief

(January, 16, 2019)

Japan needs to improve policies in line with UN convention on rights of disabled

(January 14 & 15, 2019)

LDP Dietmember teaches LDP municipal assemblypersons in Okinawa how to block Henoko referendum

(January 14, 2019)

Energy of youth will forge a better future

(January 12, 2019)

JCP conducts on-site inspection at state-run facility for supporting foreign residents in Japan

(January, 12, 2019)

Online protest campaign against magazine’s sexist article collects 50,000 signatures

(January 12, 2019)

Koike gives congratulatory speech at Mindan's New Year reception

(January 10&11, 2019)

FY2019 budget plan to be revised to pay unpaid labor insurance benefits due to Labor Ministry’s faulty survey data

(January, 11, 2019)

Shinfujin denounces weekly magazine’s article for insulting women

(January 10, 2019)

Okinawa governor requests Miyakojima mayor to rethink his refusal to participate in Henoko referendum

(January 10, 2019)

NHK under fire for its biased reports supportive of Abe gov't

(January, 10, 2019)

JCP Tokyo protests against accidents during parachute drills at US Yokota base

(January, 9, 2019)

Campaign to oppose Henoko project obtains backing from Queen guitarist

(January, 9, 2019)

RIKEN union blocks institute’s mass dismissals of non-regular workers

(January 8, 2019)

Resona HD: We won't give loans to N-arms firms

(January 8, 2019)

Koike criticizes LDP as being irresponsible in regard to anti-LGBTQ remarks frequently made by LDP Dietmembers

(January, 8, 2019)

Gov’t should set safety standards on accommodations for low-income elderly people

(January 7, 2019)

Don't lag behind the world in addressing workplace harassment

(January, 1 and 7, 2019)

Hibakusha in this year’s first monthly ‘6th and 9th action’ call for Japan’s ratification of antinuke UN treaty

(January 6, 2019)

Independent contractors for TEPCO subsidiary unionized

(January, 5, 2019)

Shii in New Year assembly calls for stepping up efforts to win Upper House and simultaneous local elections

(January 3, 2019)

Japan should repair relations with South Korea based on remorse over its colonial rule

(January 3, 2019)

Abe gov't sells national sovereignty piece by piece

(December 26, 2018)

BOJ shoulders huge amount of Japanese government bonds

(December 22, 2018)

Koike: FY2019 draft budget would ruin Japanese society

(December 19-22, 2018)

JCP delegation in Vietnam

(December 21, 2018)

Okinawans’ protest against Henoko base project receives solidarity from abroad

(December 21, 2018)

Okinawa prefectural assembly passes resolution regarding arrest of US deserter armed with a gun

(December 16, 2018)

Japan’s national trade union centers resolve to unite to defend Constitution

Due to the New Year holidays, our next update will appear on January 11, 2019.

(December 20, 2018)

Nakasone gov't in 80s feared loss of 'nuclear umbrella'

(December 20, 2018)

Declassified documents suggest Foreign Ministry accepted secret pact on bringing-in of US nuclear weapons to Okinawa

(December 20, 2018)

Unfairly-fired art professors in Nagoya struggle in court for right to return to work

(December 20, 2018)

Foreign workers’ treatment at Sharp factory violates Worker Dispatch Law: Labor Ministry

(December 20, 2018)

Japan is running last in disinvestment from coal-fired power

(December 19, 2018)

JCP Koike comments on Abe government’s new defense program

(December 19, 2018)

UNGA adopts declaration on peasants’ rights

(December 18, 2018)

Japan needs to fulfill its responsibility to implement Paris accord rules at COP24

(December 18, 2018)

JCP demands effective and enforceable law to eradicate workplace harassment

(December 18, 2018)

Abe-driven shipment of NPP projects to overseas flounders

(December 18, 2018)

This week's JCP international activity

(December 17, 2018)

Presence of JCP brings about progressive changes in prefectural assemblies

(December 16, 2018)

Foreign minister ignores reporters' questions on ‘Northern Territories’

(December 15, 2018)

Shii as member of parliamentary union speaks on Korean 'forced laborers' with President Moon

(December 15, 2018)

Abe gov’t forcibly begins filling landfill areas in sea off Henoko

(December 14, 2018)

Gov’t will impose heavier burdens on low-income elderly while setting largest-ever military buildup budget

(December 14, 2018)

Mass dismissals of foreign workers at Sharp plant is illegal: JCP Koike

(December 14, 2018)

Rally held to oppose Kyoto City’s move to provide personal data to SDF

(December 13, 2018)

Benefits of pro-business ‘Abenomics’ don’t trickle down