Japan Press Weekly

(February 15, 2022)

Expanded US airspace for training threatens safety of civil aviation

(February 13, 2020)

Japan’s Defense Ministry trains military personnel from Myanmar

(February 13, 2022)

Shii issues statement on the Ukrainian problem

(February 11, 2022)

Japan's 'National Foundation Day' has no historical grounds as it is based on mythology of fictitious emperor's enthronement

(February 11, 2022)

Cross-party Dietmembers petition PM Kishida on Japan’s efforts to support democratization of Myanmar

(February 10, 2022)

36% of fiscal 2022 budget draft for energy is allotted for nuclear energy sector

(February 10, 2022)

JCP Yamazoe criticizes gov’t move to relax regulations on export of radioactive waste

(February 10, 2022)

US military in Okinawa arrogantly conducts military drills despite opposition

(February 9, 2022)

Teachers at English language school form union

(February 8, 2022)

Japanese gov’t pretended not to know about US military’s pre-departure testing exemption policy

(February 7, 2022)

Ex-PM Suga should disclose information regarding over 1.2 billion yen in Cabinet Secretariat ‘secret funds’

(February 6, 2022)

Japan provides top 3 US bases in asset value outside US

(February 5, 2022)

JCP submits bill to abolish gov't subsidies to political parties

(February 4, 2022)

JCP Miyamoto urges gov't to sincerely face historical fact of use of forced labor of Koreans at Sado gold mine

(February 4, 2022)

JCP Yamazoe: Residence status be granted to Nigerian man appealing for retrial for his case

(February 3, 2022)

Inquest panel: 35 individuals should be indicted in vote-buying case involving ex-justice minister and his wife

(February 3, 2022)

Japan with 9 additional coal-fired power plants disregards Glasgow climate pact

(February 3, 2022)

Bar federation rally to demand justice reform for swift scheduling of retrials

(February 2, 2022)

IOC should encourage China to abide by Olympic Charter and end human rights abuses

(February 2, 2022)

Lower House adopts resolution on human rights in China

(February 2, 2022)

Japan's ODA serves as financial resource for repression against Burmese citizens

(January 31 & February 1, 2022)

US military in Japan ends curfew in defiance of local concerns over omicron transmission from US bases

(February 1, 2022)

Only 2 out of 27K companies set numerical targets to narrow gender gap in wages

(January 31, 2021)

Year after coup, let us strengthen solidarity with Burmese people!

(January 30, 2022)

Shii: Japan should acknowledge its use of forced labor of Koreans during war at Sado gold mine in quest for World Heritage site

(January 29, 2022)

JPC Koike talks with UNICEF official regarding Japan’s support for polio eradication efforts

(January 28, 2022)

Religious figures call for advancing opposition parties’ unification in defiance of anti-communist propaganda

(January 28, 2022)

JCP calls for gov’t action to deal with rapid increase in COVID-19 cluster cases at schools

(January 28, 2022)

Diplomatic resolution, not military response, is needed to settle situation in Ukraine

(January 27, 2022)

PM Kishida does not deny his predecessor’s ‘possession of capability to annihilate enemy bases’ remark

(January 26, 2022)

LDP and Komei delete 'China' and 'condemn' from draft Diet resolution condemning China's human rights abuses

(January 26, 2022)

Zenroren: Pushed by public criticism, business circle admits to need to use internal reserves

(January 25, 2022)

Anti-base All-Okinawa candidate puts up good fight but fails to win Nago mayoral race

(January 19 & 24, 2022)

Pugwash Japan: Japan should sincerely face spirit of TPNW

(January 24, 2022)

60% of townspeople affected by Fukushima meltdowns intend to 'not return' to the town even after evacuation order is lifted

(January 23, 2022)

PM Kishida in Japan-US tele-summit promises unlimited arms buildup

(January 23, 2022)

Japanese gov’t in response to JCP Kami shows its reluctance to respond to UN declaration on indigenous people’s rights

(January 22, 2022)

JCP Koike in interpellation calls for Japan's TPNW participation, elimination of gender wage gap, and harassment prevention rules

(January 21, 2022)

JCP Inoue: Local suffrage for permanent foreign residents in Japan is not prohibited under Constitution

(January 21, 2022)

JCP Koike: Don't think lightly of omicron symptoms

(January 21, 2022)

Shii in interpellation pushes PM Kishida to depart from neoliberalism for people-oriented strong economy

(January 19, 2022)

Allowing women to be Emperor is rational from constitutional point of view: JCP Koike

(January 19, 2022)

Tonga undersea volcanic eruption provides opportunity for Japan to re-examine its disaster preparedness

(January 19, 2022)

Court orders police to delete personal data of innocent man

(January 18, 2022)

JCP Shii calls on JCP Dietmembers to engage in Diet debates by offering counterproposals regarding diplomacy and economy

(January 18, 2022)

Ex-KLM Japanese CAs win nullification of their dismissals

(January 16&18, 2022)

JCP denounces repeated ballistic missile launches by N. Korea

(January 17, 2022)

JCP Dietmembers talk directly with young people

(January 15, 2022)

US military helicopter makes emergency landing on an island in Okinawa Prefecture

(January 15, 2022)

Minimum hourly wage hike to 1,500 yen would increase Japan’s GDP by 22.5 trillion yen: Labor think tank