Japan Press Weekly

(May 31, 2018)

JCP Hatano on univ. football scandal: School club activities should respect students’ autonomy

(May 31, 2018)

Construction of peace museum begins on privately owned farm land in the middle of SDF training field

(May 31, 2018)

Shii demands the mass resignation of Abe Cabinet

(May 30, 2018)

Law for gender equality in politics enacted

(May 30, 2018)

Freelance-work industry will expand unstable jobs, threatening people's safety

(May 30, 2018)

Gov’t plans to stop paying basic disability pension benefits to more than 1,000 recipients

(May 29, 2018)

Civil Alliance exchanges views with opposition parties in preparation for 2019 Upper House campaign

(May 29, 2018)

Abe gov’t creates system to encourage corporations to use government-held personal data

(May 29, 2018)

US marine causes fatal car accident in Okinawa

(May 27 and 28, 2018)

Rally held to block transport of landfill materials to US base construction site in Henoko

(May 28, 2018)

War killed young poet in prison

(May 27, 2018)

SDF peacekeepers in South Sudan, in effect, got sucked into fighting

(May 26, 2018)

Shii calls on US and N. Korea leaders to continue work to hold summit meeting

(May 26, 2018)

Ruling block bulldozes through ‘work-style reform’ package bill

(May 23&25, 2018)

Japan is testing ground for multinationals: PM Abe

(May 25, 2018)

Newspaper workers' union demands eradication of sexual harassment in the media

(May 24, 2018)

Release of Moritomo-related records corners PM Abe

(May 24, 2018)

USFJ airdrops vehicles in spite of villagers' request to cancel the drills

(May 24, 2018)

Casinos may involve money lending operations

(May 23 and 24, 2018)

Komae City mayor resigns amid growing public criticism over sexual harassment allegations

(May 24, 2018)

Online signatures collected for end to 'No Women Admitted' policy in sumo ring

(May 23, 2018)

Opposition parties agree to make unified efforts to force PM Abe to resign

(May 23, 2018)

In contrast to Abe’s argument, gender inequality spread its root during Meiji era

(May 23, 2018)

Shii receives commendation for his 25 years of service in Diet

(May 22, 2018)

Ehime Prefecture’s records cast suspicion on PM Abe about false statement regarding Kake veterinary school

(May 22, 2018)

Over 100 foreign detainees staged hunger strike in immigration center in Ibaraki's Ushiku

(May 21, 2018)

JCP position on Palestine question

(May 19, 2018)

JCP lawmakers talk with Indonesians opposing coal-fired power plant project

(May 19, 2018)

Diet approval of bill for ratification of TPP11 forcibly passed in Lower House

(May 19, 2018)

Chisso president retracts his abusive remark concerning Minamata disease

(May 19, 2018)

High court recognizes city’s refusal to publish woman’s poem on Article 9 as illegal

(May 18, 2018)

JCP and bar association share view that democracy in Japan weakened under Abe regime

(May 18, 2018)

Forced sterilization victims sue gov't

(May 18, 2018)

JCP Fujino: Gov’t should take measures to prevent suicides in immigration detention centers

(May 17, 2018)

Karoshi victims’ families angry at Abe gov’t for intending to steamroller through bills to weaken work hour rules

(May 17, 2018)

GDP decline at annualized 0.6% highlights failure of ‘Abenomics’

(May 17,2018)

Lawyers bring Internet hate targeting Korean residents in Japan to court

(May 16, 2018)

US embassy relocation to Jerusalem will undermine efforts for peace in Middle East

(May 16, 2018)

Women reporters from 31 media outlets form network against sexual harassment

(May 16, 2018)

Indonesian civil group: Japan should not fund coal-fired power plant in their country

(May 16, 2018)

This week's JCP international activity

(May 15, 2018)

Okinawa appears to be still governed by US military even 46 years after the end of US occupation

(May 15, 2018)

Two US military jets make emergency landing at SDF base

(May 14, 2018)

Corporate taxes paid by Amazon Japan were 1/30 of that of Japan's major retailers

(May 13, 2018)

One out of two working-age disabled people live on less than 90,000 yen a month

(May 11&12, 2018)

LDP lawmaker’s ‘raise at least 3 kids’ remark is epitomy of sexual harassment: JCP Kasai

(May 12, 2018)

Ground Staff Office anticipated security laws would increase possibility of combat

(May 12, 2018)

One in three young medical workers suffer some form of harassment: union survey

(May 12, 2018)

JCP calls for work system in line with 8-hour workday principle

(May 11 and 12, 2018)

This week’s JCP international activities