Japan Press Weekly

(May 22, 2015)

JCP Hatano calls for more evening junior high schools

(May 21, 2015)

PM Abe: I’ve not read 1945 Potsdam Declaration

(May 21, 2015)

Protests follow NRA draft report claiming Ikata nuclear power plant to be safe

(May 21, 2015)

Petition calling for disclosure of the facts on 1923 massacre of Koreans in Tokyo submitted to Diet

(May 20, 2015)

Abe overturns official view that use of force is not allowed under Article 9

(May 20, 2015)

JCP urges China to drop its demand to delete visit proposal for A-bombed cities from NPT final text

(May 19 & 20, 2015)

National stadium construction may not be finished by 2020 Tokyo Olympics

(May 19, 2015)

Yamashita calls for withdrawal of Ospreys from Japan

(May 19, 2015)

Osaka mayor’s plan to divide up city rejected in referendum

(May 19, 2015)

Goodbye forever USS George Washington! Don’t come here, USS Ronald Reagan!

(May 19, 2015)

Renesas reinstates woman worker in her former office under union pressure

(May 18, 2015)

35,000 in Okinawa rally resolve to fight until Abe gov’t gives up Henoko base project

(May 17 & 18, 2015)

Meeting held for development of sports for disabled

(May 17, 2015)

Most local papers warn against Abe’s war legislation

(May 16, 2015)

Abe Cabinet submits war bills to Diet amid backlash from opposition parties

(May 16, 2015)

Christian ministers request JCP to get war bills scrapped

(May 16, 2015)

JCP & JFBA confirm cooperation to block war legislation

(May 16, 2015)

Abe calls war legislation ‘peace legislation’ in attempt to mislead public

(May 15, 2015)

War ruins aggressor state’s soldiers as well

(May 15, 2015)

‘My Number’ system would deny people’s right to work

(May 15, 2015)

Intractable disease patients express concern over revision of medical insurance system

(May 14, 2015)

‘Henoko Fund’ officially established

(May 14, 2015)

Self-proclaimed ‘political party of peace’ promotes war legislation

(May 14, 2015)

JCP Koike: End illegal labor practices against foreign trainees

(May 13, 2015)

JCP in Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly urges governor to oppose deployment of Ospreys to Yokota base

(May 13, 2015)

Japan’s peace researchers hold rally to support Okinawans’ anti-base movement

(May 13, 2015)

Diet begins discussions on bill to force workers to continue working as temps

(May 12, 2015)

Yamashita: JCP will increase its efforts to scrap war legislation-related bills

(May 12, 2015)

Japan’s PM supports remilitarization while German chancellor faces up to the past

(May 12, 2015)

JCP Tamura demands establishment of national research institute to study volcanoes

(May 11, 2015)

JCP, LDP, DPJ jointly call for voting ‘No’ on Osaka split-up ballot

(May 10, 2015)

1,000 Japanese march in NYC, calling for end to nuclear arms

(May 10, 2015)

Onaga to Defense Minister: Construction of new US base in Henoko is out of question

(May 10, 2015)

US seeks to deploy Ospreys to Yokota Air Base in Tokyo

(May 9, 2015)

Miyazaki Hayao becomes ‘Henoko Fund’ co-head

(May 9, 2015)

Osprey useless for disaster relief activities

(May 9, 2015)

Companies often ask job-hunting senior high students rude questions

(May 8, 2015)

Pentagon expects Japan to buy 17 US Ospreys

(May 8, 2015)

56 died due to being too late to see doctor because of poverty

(May 4, 6, and 8, 2015)

DYLJ holds volunteer activities in Fukushima to help 2011 disaster victims

(May 8, 2015)

3-month Peace March leaves for Hiroshima/Nagasaki

(May 6, 2015)

Concerns over ‘My Number’ system increasing among SMEs

(May 6, 2015)

Sound waves from US nuclear-powered submarines may be killing dolphins

(May 6, 2015)

Japan’s new target for cutting GHG emissions is too low

(May 4, 2015)

30,000 citizens speak out against gov’t move to destroy pacifist Constitution

(May 4, 2015)

Labor minister indicates possible expansion of zero-overtime-payment system

(May 3, 2015)

Yamashita calls for politics based on constitutional principles

Due to one week holidays in Japan, the next update will be on May 15.

(May 2, 2015)

Constitutional revisionists resolve to enhance campaigns

(May 2, 2015)

May Day rallies call for increasing struggles against Abe’s war legislation and labor deregulation