Japan Press Weekly

(September 29, 2014)

Japan should face up to its past history of aggression

(September 27, 2014)

Nationwide actions take place on International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

(September 26, 2014)

Gov’t should take measures to handle responsibly people with dementia

(September 25 & 26, 2014)

This week’s JCP international activities

(September 25, 2014)

JCP disapproves of airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria

(September 25, 2014)

JCP demands gov’t to tackle rice price slump

(September 25, 2014)

High court orders Mitsubishi HI to pay damages to workers

(September 25, 2014)

Low-wage part-time workers increasing

(September 25, 2014)

Japan should work for a world without nuclear power and tackle global warming

(September 24, 2014)

Abe Cabinet’s female ministers associated with extremist groups

(September 24, 2014)

Hokkaido faces serious decline in dairy farming

(September 23, 2014)

Local JCP’s call for disclosure of use of public funds partly met

(September 22, 2014)

Former US senior gov’t official: secret nuclear pacts on Okinawa are still valid

(September 21 & 22, 2014)

ICAPP calls for prompt start of negotiations on nuclear weapons convention

(September 21, 2014)

Henoko beach crowded with 5,500 opponents of US base construction

(September 20, 2014)

Okinawa JCP condemns US military for using inhumane bombs in training drills

(September 20, 2014)

Materials on 473 Japanese ships affected by US H-bomb test at Bikini Atoll disclosed

(September 19, 2014)

Farmers call for countermeasures to deal with rice price collapse

(September 19, 2014)

Green Berets aboard Yokota air base aircraft conduct parachute drills

(September 18, 2014)

Give up introducing ‘zero-overtime-pay’ system

(September 18, 2014)

Gov’t data indicates contingent employment is obstacle to marriage

(September 18, 2014)

Women’s group collects more than 1 million antinuke signatures

(September 18, 2014)

Tokyo JCP demands resignation of chair of gender equality legislators’ group over sexist remarks

(September 18 & 19, 2014)

JCP Kasai gives address on wartime ‘comfort women’ issue in Seoul

(September 18, 2014)

This week’s JCP international activity

(September 17, 2014)

Keidanren chair appointed as member of gov’t’s economic council

(September 17, 2014)

Women ministers increased, but it falls short of ‘society in which women shine’

(September 17, 2014)

Japan’s low education budget places financial burdens on students

(September 14, 2014)

Okinawans rally to create a prefecture led by anti-base governor

(September 13, 2014)

Gov’t data: ‘limited regular employment’ creates disadvantages in wages and promotions

(September 13, 2014)

Reclamation work at Henoko will damage natural environment

(September 13 & 14, 2014)

National Elderly Congress: Stop move to become a war-fighting nation

(September 13, 2014)

Many children still on waiting lists for authorized daycare centers

(September 12, 2014)

JCP will send delegation to ICAPP in Sri Lanka

(September 11, 2014)

Base opponent will run in Okinawa governor race

(September 11, 2014)

NRA OKs restart of Sendai NPP in disregard of public concern

(September 11, 2014)

Women workers call for prevention of ‘maternity harassment’

(September 11, 2014)

Okinawa JCP calls for removal of US military jet spewing flames

(September 11, 2014)

Court rules Osaka Mayor’s attack on trade unions illegal

(September 11, 2014)

No-nuke group presses gov’t to advocate start of negotiations on NWC in UNGA

(September 10, 2014)

LDP thanks business leaders for encouraging political donations

(September 10, 2014)

Medical workers’ unions demand doubling the number of nurses

(September 10, 2014)

JCP urges gov’t to not approve maglev railway construction

(September 10, 2014)

Nuclear evacuees in Kyushu sue gov’t and TEPCO

(September 10, 2014)

Legal training prohibiting part-time work unconstitutional: ex-trainees

(September 10, 2014)

Gov’t insists on people’s self-help self-care efforts

(September 10, 2014)

Ogata meets with Cuban ambassador to Japan

(September 9, 2014)

JCP secretariat head demands halt to base construction responding to Nago election results

(September 9, 2014)

Anti-base candidates win majority in Nago city assembly election

(September 9, 2014)

Japan faces biggest GDP drop after Lehman shock