Japan Press Weekly

(July 5, 2017)

Defense Ministry admits to 2 fatal accidents during bayonet training in SDF

(July 5, 2017)

Shii condemns North Korean missile launch

(July 4, 2017)

Shii: JCP victory in Tokyo Metro Assembly election has great significance in Japan’s politics

(July 4, 2017)

JCP advances in Tokyo assembly election and LDP suffers crushing defeat

(July 4, 2017)

Farmers urge the gov’t not to reach basic agreement with EU on EPA

(July 4, 2017)

Farmers and consumers agree to inaugurate movement to protect Japan’s seeds

(July 3, 2017)

Success of 2017 antinuke World Conference will give fresh boost to realization of nuclear weapons ban treaty

(July 3, 2017)

What’s going on at Ospreypad construction site in Takae?

(July 3, 2017)

Persisting in anti-conspiracy law is ‘shame’: UN human rights expert

(July 1, 2017)

Japanese businesses pressure Vietnamese government to relax labor regulations

(July 1, 2017)

Number of workers recognized as suffering from work-induced mental illnesses hovering

(July 1, 2017)

Kyoto local assembly demands Japanese government’s contribution towards realization of N-ban treaty

(June 30, 2017)

4 opposition parties demand PM Abe remove DM Inada from Cabinet

(June 30, 2017)

Inada’s remarks over SDF will lead to destruction of civil liberties

(June 29, 2017)

IBM Japan workers win unpaid back wages

(June 29, 2017)

JAL’s ‘maternity harassment’ victim wins court-mediated settlement

(June 29, 2017)

40% of single-mother households have no savings at all

(June 29, 2017)

Male wheelchair airline passenger forced to climb up boarding stairs using only his arms

(June 29, 2017)

JCP opposes resort hotel construction project in Nara Park

(June 28, 2017)

DM Inada hints at making use of SDF for Tokyo Assembly election campaign

(June 28, 2017)

Teachers exhausted from excessive workloads and long working hours

(June 28, 2017)

Gov’t survey finds one in seven children still in poverty

(June 27, 2017)

JCP Koike: PM Abe has no legal right to talk about constitutional revision

(June 27, 2017)

Tokyo Metro Assembly election provides good opportunity to stop Abe’s move to revise pacifist Constitution

(June 27, 2017)

Half of hospital childcare workers found to be temps

(June 27, 2017)

Memorial ceremony for Chinese victims of wartime forced labor takes place in Hokkaido

(June 27, 2017)

Who is person representing majority of workers in workplace?

(June 26, 2017)

Sit-in protest against construction of US Osprey helipads in Takae marks 10th anniversary

(June 25, 2017)

9 innocent Okinawans killed for ‘spying’ by Japanese soldiers during war

(June 24, 2017)

Assembly election campaign kicks off in Tokyo

(June 24, 2017)

Abe should convene extraordinary Diet session to investigate ‘Kake Gakuen’ scandal

(June 23, 2017)

Gov. Koike despite admitting to presence of toxic residues hints at ‘declaring safety’ of new fish market site

(June 23, 2017)

Tokyo Assembly election is opportunity to open bright future for Japan

(June 23, 2017)

Open debate on Tokyo Met. election highlights JCP’s pro-people stance among anti-welfare political parties

(June 23, 2017)

Gov’t launches ad campaign giving rise to sense of crisis against N. Korea

(June 23, 2017)

Minimum hourly wage of 1,500 yen needed to cover basic living needs: Zenroren survey

(June 23, 2017)

Art work praying for wartime Korean victims removed from Gunma museum against artist’s will

(June 22, 2017)

Despite knowing South Sudan was experiencing in combat situation, gov’t kept GSDF there

(June 22, 2017)

JCP will demand convening of extraordinary Diet session

(June 22, 2017)

JFBA holds study meeting to abolish ‘anti-conspiracy’ law

(June 22, 2017)

Blind couple protests against plan to deploy carrier-based jets to US Iwakuni base

(June 22, 2017)

JCP proposal contributes to increasing number of authorized childcare facilities in Tokyo

(June 22, 2017)

Former JCP Vice Chair Tachiki Hiroshi dies

(June 21, 2017)

Shii to foreign journalists: new direction in politics possible with JCP advance in Tokyo election

(June 21, 2017)

US large cargo craft drops a wing panel

(June 21, 2017)

Gov’t should make serious efforts to stem Japan’s declining birthrate

(June 21, 2017)

Tokyo governor decides to relocate fresh market to contaminated Toyosu site

(June 20, 2017)

Tokyo governor’s local party stays silence about ‘Kake Gakuen’ scandal

(June 20, 2017)

US military refuses to cooperate in investigating collision between Japanese freighter and US destroyer

(June 18, 2017)

With Diet session ending, it’s high time to change structure of power in parliament