Japan Press Weekly

(October 25, 2016)

SDF in drills practices what doesn’t work in South Sudan

(October 24, 2016)

Joint opposition candidates lose Lower House by-elections

(October 24, 2016)

Pressed by public, burdens of student loan repayments slightly relieved

(October 24, 2016)

141 bridges discovered to be unsafe for traffic

(October 22, 2016)

JAL pilots strongly oppose proposed extension of flight hours

(October 22, 2016)

Gov’t’s plan to restart NPPs causes suicide from overwork: JCP Takahashi

(October 22, 2016)

Foreign trainee program without freedom to choose where to work violates human rights: JCP Hatano

(October 20 & 22, 2016)

This week’s JCP international activities

(October 16, 2016)

8,000 people rally in Tokyo to block forcible TPP ratification

(October 21, 2016)

Racist words of Osaka riot police against Okinawans come under fire

(October 21, 2016)

4 opposition parties agree to force Agriculture Minister to resign

(October 20, 2016)

Agriculture Minister’s ‘forcible passage of TPP’ remark denies Diet role

(October 20, 2016)

Opposition party leaders jointly campaign to win seat in Lower House by-election in Fukuoka

(October 19 and 20, 2016)

Cabinet members and lawmakers visit war-glorifying Yasukuni Shrine

(October 20, 2016)

Aviation safety cannot be ensured without good working conditions

(October 20, 2016)

Diet discussions on bill to ratify Paris Agreement begins

(October 19, 2016)

Shii gives advice to gov’t on territorial talks with Russia

(October 19, 2016)

JCP’s efforts lead to victory of 7-Eleven workers fighting against wage theft

(October 19, 2016)

TPP will increase supply of imported foods containing high levels of residual pesticides: JCP Saito

(October 19, 2016)

Present generation should not leave behind radioactive legacy

(October 18, 2016)

PM Abe again makes offerings to Yasukuni Shrine

(October 18, 2016)

Okinawans: don’t use taxpayers’ money to help riot police suppress protesters in Takae

(October 18, 2016)

US sailor arrested for drunk driving in Okinawa

(October 18, 2016)

How we can break the stalemate in the Japan-Russia territorial negotiations

(October 17, 2016)

Joint opposition candidate wins Niigata gubernatorial election

(October 17, 2016)

Nobel Prize winner Osumi warns against policy of seeking short-term results

(October 17, 2016)

Shii appears in Hokkaido’s local business magazine

(October 16, 2016)

‘Merchant of death’ fair held in Tokyo amid public protest

(October 15, 2016)

July Upper House election is ‘in state of unconstitutionality’: high court

(October 15, 2016)

Emirates ordered to revoke dismissals of 3 Japanese union workers

(October 15, 2016)

Doctors: gov’t should widen criteria for recipients of Minamata disease relief measures

(October 14, 2016)

South Sudan is more dangerous than central Tokyo: PM Abe

(October 14, 2016)

Tokyo LDP and Komei reject in-depth investigations as JCP demands concerning contaminated new fish market

(October 14, 2016)

JCP Kurabayashi: evacuation plan will not work in event of accident at Takahama NPP

(October 14, 2016)

This week’s JCP international activities

(October 12 & 13, 2016)

Defense Minister Inada keeps hold of her ‘Japan should consider possessing nuclear arms’ remark

(October 13, 2016)

Labor Ministry okays limit-exceeding extra work if it’s for restart of N-reactors

(October 13, 2016)

Bereaved family and Japan Post reach settlement over worker’s suicide

(October 13, 2016)

JCP Takahashi demands legal limit for overtime hours

(October 12, 2016)

JCP’s revelation of ‘blank receipts’ corners PM & ruling party

(October 12, 2016)

Don’t seal a pact on the return of only Habomais and Shikotan: JCP Koike

(October 12, 2016)

Eliminate overwork driving workers to death

(October 12, 2016)

Court rejects married teacher’s demand for use of maiden surname in school

(October 9, 2016)

Gov’t inability to respond coherently revealed by JCP Koike’s questioning in Diet

(October 8, 2016)

Koike grills key cabinet ministers over ‘blank receipt’ scandals

(October 8, 2016)

Dentsu worker’s suicide recognized as work-related

(October 8, 2016)

Over 560,000 Hibakusha Appeal signatures submitted to UN

(October 7, 2016)

Tokyo’s ward assembly calls for halt to GSDF dispatch to South Sudan

(October 7, 2016)

Number of signatures for repealing war legislation reaches 15.8 million

(October 6&7, 2016)

US forces unilaterally resumes Harrier flights without determining cause of crash