Japan Press Weekly

(August 2, 2024)

Paternity take-up rate hits record high, but fails to shrink gender gap in parental leave

(August 1, 2024)

Inauguration of new USFJ unit will turn Japan into base to support US military logistics and transportation

(August 1, 2024)

Shii meets with chair of Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Tokyo

(July 31, 2024)

Gov’t displays so-what attitude toward criticism of concealment of US soldiers’ sex crimes

(July 31, 2024)

JCP Yamazoe: Extended deterrence conflicts with establishing ‘world without nuclear weapons’

(July 30, 2024)

Vice defense minister gives Antarctic ice to his local electorates, possibly in violation of election law

(July 29, 2024)

JCP Koike criticizes 2+2 for strengthening expanded deterrence

(July 29, 2024)

3 US choppers make emergency landing in Wakayama

(July 28, 2024)

Zenroren 32nd Convention resolves to win higher wages and shorter workweek

(July 26 and 27, 2024)

Shii attends state funeral for CPV General Secretary Trong

(July 26, 2024)

JCP Chair Tamura addresses Zenroren Convention

(July 26, 2024)

496 listed companies in 2023 pay 10% more to shareholders while offering only 2.2% pay hikes

(July 25, 2024)

Antinuke NGO calls for overcoming fallacy of nuclear deterrence

(July 24, 2024)

Shii at symposium speaks of peacebuilding in East Asia

(July 24, 2024)

Nagasaki JCP urges gov’t to certify all ‘people who experienced A-bomb’ as Hibakusha

(July 24, 2024)

Hyogo citizens’ efforts successfully scrap event exposing children to SDF drills

(July 24, 2024)

Koike attends Japan Medical Association reception

(July 23, 2024)

Aichi JCP holds talks with Mindan regarding a society protecting every one’s fundamental human rights

(July 21, 2024)

Shii sends message of condolence upon death of CPV General Secretary Trong

(July 20, 2024)

Kira at rally criticizes gov’t for concealing sex crimes committed by US soldiers from public

(July 17-19, 2024)

Medical workers’ union resolves to establish a government working to improve social welfare programs

(July 19, 2024)

JCP Chair Tamura meets with Belgian ambassador

(July 18, 2024)

PM Kishida apologizes to victims of forced sterilization

(July 18, 2024)

JCP talks with women’s groups regarding quest for gender equality

(July 18, 2024)

As demanded by JCP, Dazaifu City decides not to provide young residents’ personal data to SDF recruiters

(July 18, 2024)

Akahata editorial director attends Go association’s 100th anniversary ceremony

(July 14&17, 2024)

Ogata talks with European Left president in Spain

(July 17, 2024)

Shii attends farewell reception for S. Korean ambassador

(July 14 & 15, 2024)

JCP Chair Tamura at 102nd anniversary meeting calls for more people to join JCP

(July 13, 2024)

US airman belonging to Yokota AB arrested for drunk driving

(July 13, 2024)

JCP Yamazoe calls for probe into SDF scandals which resulted in unprecedented mass punishment

(July 13, 2024)

Shii & Yamazoe attend Bastille Day reception

(July 12, 2024)

JCP Secretariat Head Koike refutes claim that ‘Renho lost votes because of JCP’

(July 12, 2024)

Number of signatures calling for Japan’s participation in antinuke UN treaty exceeds 1.56 million

(July 11, 2024)

Okinawa Prefectural Assembly unanimously protests against sexual assaults by US military

(July 10, 2024)

Japan recommends ‘Sado Kinzan’ as a World Cultural Heritage candidate but hides the history of Korean forced labor there

(July 10, 2024)

Shii sends telegram of condolence over death of ex-UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Sergio Duarte

(July 9, 2024)

Postal workers’ union resolves to build a workplace which ensures decent work for all

(July 9, 2024)

‘Those with few children should reflect on this’ is LDP attitude and main obstacle to gender equality

(July 8, 2024)

JCP Koike comments on results of Tokyo gubernatorial race

(July 7, 2024)

1,200 Okinawans hold protest marking 10th year from start of anti-Henoko base sit-in

(July 6, 2024)

US marine in Okinawa arrested for touching breasts of woman

(July 5, 2024)

Tamura: Gov’t should be accountable for its act of hiding from Okinawans US soldiers’ sex crimes

(July 5, 2024)

JCP Dietmembers talk with victims of forced sterilization

(July 4, 2024)

Supreme court rules forced sterilization unconstitutional, ordering gov’t to compensate victims

(July 4, 2024)

JCP Vice Chair Tanaka talks with CPV delegation

(July 3, 2024)

US military resumes Osprey flights in Tokyo without prior notice

(July 2, 2024)

5 US soldiers in Okinawa arrested for sex crimes in past 17 months

(July 2, 2024)

Number of members who quit SDF sharply increases

(July 1, 2024)

Voices of 1,200 youth opposing constitutional revision resound through Ginza