Japan Press Weekly

(October 31, 2014)

Anti-base candidate Onaga starts election campaign for Okinawa governor

(October 31 & November 1, 2014)

Court backs arbitrary cuts in government employees’ wages

(October 30, 2014)

Major national centers of trade unions stage sit-in against rollback in labor law

(October 30, 2014)

JCP protests US military’s use of civilian port

(October 30, 2014)

Environment ministry receives 170K signatures opposing storage of nuclear waste

(October 30, 2014)

JCP achieves removal of photos promoting SDF at public schools

(October 29, 2014)

JCP Inoue: US should decontaminate its former military base sites

(October 29, 2014)

JCP opposes city’s approval of restarting Sendai nuclear power plant

(October 29, 2014)

JCP Takahashi demands withdrawal of bill to revise Worker Dispatch Law

(October 25-28, 2014)

Japan-ROK lawmakers call for actions abiding by Kono Statement

(October 28, 2014)

Anti-base lawmakers protest against environmental damage caused by US base construction

(October 28, 2014)

Economy Minister illegally receives donations from foreign-owned corporation

(October 28, 2014)

Health Minister apologizes to asbestos victims

(October 27, 2014)

What will come after revision of Worker Dispatch Law?

(October 26 and 27, 2014)

Osprey flies over elementary school during sports meet

(October 26, 2014)

Doctors sound alarm on shortage of obstetricians in 9 prefs

(October 26, 2014)

Finance ministry proposes ending promotion of small class sizes for public schools

(October 25, 2014)

Defense Minister Eto may have accepted illegal donations

(October 25, 2014)

US accelerates moves to strengthen military bases in Japan

(October 24&25, 2014)

Top court ruling is a big step forward: ‘maternity harassment’ victims’ group

(October 22, 2014)

JCP proposes gender equality policies

(October 24, 2014)

Yamashita criticizes move to use cyberspace for military purposes

(October 24, 2014)

Decent work rules are key to gender-friendly society

(October 24, 2014)

Police arrests blackmailer of university regarding ‘comfort women’ Asahi report

(October 24, 2014)

3,200 workers rally in protest against cuts in social services

(October 23, 2014)

Yamashita criticizes Cabinet spokesman for trying to distort facts regarding ‘comfort women’

(October 23, 2014)

JCP protests Osprey flights in metropolitan area

(October 23, 2014)

Citizens make prosecutors reinvestigate Waseda Univ.’s unfair labor practice

(October 23, 2014)

Farmers & consumers call for protection of Japan’s rice farming

(October 23, 2014)

This week’s JCP international activities

(October 22, 2014)

Kyoto residents protest sudden transport of US military radar equipment

(October 22, 2014)

JCP Koike criticizes Renesas’s tactics to fire child-rearing women

(October 21, 2014)

Moneyed politics is specialty of LDP

(October 21, 2014)

2 female ministers’ resignation delivers blow to Abe Cabinet

(October 21, 2014)

New Japan-US agreement may be tactic to secure Okinawa governor’s reelection

(October 20, 2014)

MV22s show up at prefectural disaster drill

(October 19, 2014)

Foreign Ministry deletes ‘comfort women’ documents from its website

(October 19, 2014)

Three female Abe Cabinet members visit Yasukuni Shrine

(October 19, 2014)

JCP Daimon in public meeting opposes legalization of casino operations

(October 19, 2014)

This week’s JCP international activity

(October 18, 2014)

PM Abe again sends offerings to war-glorifying shrine

(October 18, 2014)

JCP criticizes gov’t for approving maglev railway construction

(October 18, 2014)

155K signatures opposing pension cuts submitted to gov’t

(October 17, 2014)

Agriculture minister to JCP Kami: gov’t will lessen farmers’ anxieties

(October 17, 2014)

Nago City Assembly demands halt to preparatory work for US base construction

(October 17, 2014)

Kochi residents hold rally to commemorate 20th anniversary of US military aircraft crash

(October 17, 2014)

JCP in Diet calls for early settlement of asbestos cases

(October 16, 2014)

JCP Akamine grills gov’t on construction plan of quarters for US soldiers in Okinawa

(October 16, 2014)

Welfare ministry seeks to impose heavier burden of medical costs on public

(October 16, 2014)

US wants its airspace over Okinawa to be expanded for F-35s