Japan Press Weekly

(June 5, 2015)

Onaga: Okinawans’ opposition to base construction wins sympathy in US

(June 5, 2015)

Sony’s working hour rules show what Abe’s working hour reform will bring about

(May 27 & June 5, 2015)

Police collect private info of local residents objecting to power plant project in Gifu Pref.

(June 4, 2015)

Pension data entry staff are outsourced workers

(June 4, 2015)

Abe might dispatch SDF under war legislation to participate in ISAF-like force

(June 3 and 4, 2015)

Japan’s new GHG reduction target runs counter to global efforts to tackle climate change

(June 4, 2015)

Pollution victims stage joint action seeking relief measures

(June 4, 2015)

JCP calls for revision of costly, time-consuming design for new Olympic stadium

(June 4, 2015)

Japan’s energy plan should focus more on renewables than nuclear power

(June 3, 2015)

Latest poll shows 83% of Okinawans oppose construction of new US base in Henoko

(June 3, 2015)

Bill to lower voting age to 18 passed through Lower House committee

(June 3, 2015)

War industry doubled donations to LDP bringing about lifting of ban on arms export

(June 3, 2015)

Kicking unions out of city office is illegal: Osaka High Court

(June 3, 2015)

90 civic groups in Japan and S. Korea oppose war-glorifying, anti-constitutional publishers’ textbooks

(June 2, 2015)

Shii upsets PM Abe by asking questions about Japan’s use of collective self-defense right in possible US wars of aggression

(June 2, 2015)

JCP demands that gov’t take emergency measures to help volcano evacuees

(June 2, 2015)

Leak of personal information about public pensions overturns basis of ‘My Number’ system

(May 31 & June 1, 2015)

Civil movements opposing war legislation are growing across Japan

(June 1, 2015)

Local residents form group to protect their hometowns from having hand in supporting wars

(June 1, 2015)

Kyoto women march for gender equal society

(May 31, 2015)

JCP urges government to use tax money for better judicial services rather than for Osprey purchase

(May 30, 2015)

Okinawa Governor tells US Congresspersons of opposition to Henoko base construction

(May 30, 2015)

Cuts in pension benefits are unconstitutional: pensioners

(May 30, 2015)

Violent volcanic eruption increasing public anxieties about safety of Sendai NPP

(May 29, 2015)

Abe’s plan to use public fund to support arms exports unacceptable

(May 29, 2015)

Ex-Bloomberg reporter again wins lawsuit over company’s unfair dismissal

(May 29, 2015)

Organizers of world conference against atomic weapons resolve to achieve success

(May 28, 2015)

Deliberation starts on JCP-proposed bills banning corporate donations and terminating gov’t funding for political parties

(May 27 and 28, 2015)

Ruling coalition forcibly enacts bill to increase people’s burdens for public health insurance system

(May 28, 2015)

Weak yen hurts small domestic businesses and household budgets

(May 28, 2015)

54 SDF members commit suicide after returning from abroad

(May 28, 2015)

Tokyo gov’t to withdraw from bank business after squandering Tokyoites’ money

(May 28, 2015)

‘Peace by force of arms’ is outdated notion: university student in Okinawa

(May 27, 2015)

Kill Abe’s war legislation bills that totally trample on Constitution

(May 27, 2015)

City-wide group formed to oppose new base in Nago

(May 19 & 26, 2015)

Abe wants to export more arms by establishing an additional defense-related agency

(May 25 & 26, 2015)

Anti-base human chain in Tokyo shows solidarity with Okinawans

(May 26, 2015)

Japan AALA holds international symposium on ‘East Asian community’

(May 26, 2015)

Tokyo ordered to pay 2 million yen each to ex-public high school teachers over ‘Kimigayo’ lawsuit

(May 26, 2015)

Japanese historians criticize argument denying forcible recruitment of ‘comfort women’

(May 25, 2015)

Former JCP Chair Fuwa encourages young people to ‘make friends with Marx’

(May 24, 2015)

Gensuikyo representative director issues statement on result of NPT RevCon

(May 24, 2015)

Welfare cuts lead to fatal fire accident in Kawasaki

(May 23, 2015)

JCP demands complete removal of US Ospreys from Okinawa

(May 23, 2015)

Federation of municipal leaders’ A9As in Tohoku region adopts appeal calling for scrapping of war bills

(May 18, 2015)

A society benefitting LGBT community will benefit all

(May 22, 2015)

Pro-Article 9 citizens launch weekly demonstration against Abe’s war legislation

(May 22, 2015)

JCP Shimizu reveals 85% of police wiretaps have nothing to do with crime

(May 22, 2015)

Gov’t data proves sales tax hike caused Japan’s negative growth

(May 22, 2015)

Hit-and-run case involving US serviceman sent to prosecutors