Japan Press Weekly

(December 16, 2016)

Shii condemns LDP’s steamroller tactics in Diet

(December 16, 2016)

Labor Ministry panel recommends abandoning ‘tripartite principle’

(December 16, 2016)

Okinawa Governor makes strong protest over Osprey crash

(December 15&16, 2016)

‘Be thankful’ remark by top US military officer fuels Okinawans’ anger

(December 16, 2016)

Osprey crash in Okinawa classified as highest in US military’s accident severity scale

(December 15&16, 2016)

This week’s JCP international activities

(December 15, 2016)

Bills to cut pension benefits and legalize casino businesses forcibly enacted

(December 15, 2016)

Number of low-wage non-regular female workers is increasing

(December 15, 2016)

USFJ conducts live-fire drills in outskirts of Kyoto

(December 15, 2016)

Okinawa-elected lawmakers protest against Osprey crash in waters off their prefecture

(December 14, 2016)

ASDF coerces personnel to provide private cellphone records

(December 14, 2016)

Citizens urge Yokohama City to start school lunch programs at junior high schools

(December 13, 2016)

Supreme Court to approve controversial construction of US base in Henoko

(December 10 & 13, 2016)

JCP Tokyo submits ordinance bill to subsidize children’s medical costs

(December 13, 2016)

Hibakusha urge Welfare Minister to revise A-bomb victim certification program

(December 11, 2016)

Over 5,000 students take part in SDF’s ‘experience’ programs every year

(December 11, 2016)

Pro-power business unions campaign to restart NPPs

(December 11, 2016)

Lawyers urge Japan to vote for UN declaration on ‘the right to peace’

(December 10, 2016)

TPP will not come into effect but will still be harmful to Japan: JCP Koike

(December 8&9, 2016)

US military ignores Okinawans’ protest actions against Osprey flight drills over residential area

(December 8&9, 2016)

Civic group protests against crash of US military aircraft

(December 9, 2016)

Top court in regard to noise pollution at Atsugi base turns back on local residents demand for quiet nights

(December 9, 2016)

Kansai University makes formal decision to refuse military-related research

(December 9, 2016)

This week’s JCP international activity

(December 6-8, 2016)

Hibakusha encourage Okinawans protesting against US base construction

(December 8, 2016)

Japan’s public figures send President Obama letter to request cancellation of US helipads construction in Okinawa

(December 8, 2016)

Shii points out that PM Abe is neglecting volatile situation in South Sudan

(December 3 & 8, 2016)

JCP demands hearing of ex-Tokyo Gov. Ishihara regarding his pouring of taxpayers’ money into polluted site for fish market

(December 7, 2016)

JCP Koike answers questions from press about electoral cooperation in next general election

(December 7, 2016)

PM Abe to visit Pearl Harbor to bury the past

(December 7, 2016)

Okinawa court rejects provisional injunction request on US military helipad construction in Takae

(December 7, 2016)

Abe gov’t must withdraw from nuclear fuel cycle

(December 7, 2016)

Baseball helped eliminate discrimination against leprosy patients

(December 6, 2016)

Ishin fully supportive of LDP: JCP Koike

(December 5, 2016)

Okinawa Police arrest two US Marines for drunk driving in 4-hour period

(December 5, 2016)

Expert: nuclear power generation costs more than other options available

(December 4, 2016)

Top 10 defense companies donate 126 million yen to LDP

(December 4, 2016)

Military-academia cooperation under Abe government is researcher-version of economic conscription

(December 4, 2016)

1.4 million temps at large companies earn less than 2 million yen in annual income

(November 30-December 4, 2016)

This week’s JCP international activities

(December 3, 2016)

Accidents by elderly drivers increase under poor public transport system

(December 2, 2016)

TPP to impose dangerous food additives on Japan: JCP Kira

(December 2, 2016)

Japan needs to utilize fresh UN sanctions against North Korea to reboot Six-Party Talks

(December 2, 2016)

Minister Tsuruho has corrupt relation with gov’t subsidy recipient

(December 1, 2016)

LDP and Komei together with Ishin forcibly begin discussing bill to legalize casinos

(December 1, 2016)

Mother of SDF member sues gov’t for unconstitutional SDF dispatch to South Sudan

(December 1, 2016)

Unionized taxi drivers win withdrawal of their unfair dismissals

(December 1, 2016)

NPO head calls for more public spending to combat child poverty problem

(November 30, 2016)

LDP draft constitution obliges adherence to outdated gender roles

(November 30, 2016)

Pro-business Abe gov’t seeks to weaken agricultural cooperatives