Japan Press Weekly

(March 17, 2014)

All 59 Fukushima municipal assemblies vote for decommissioning all nuclear reactors

(March 17, 2014)

Japanese CP sees Crimean referendum as invalid

(March 16, 2014)

Bus drivers’ overwork leads to fatal accidents

(March 16, 2014)

Nagano Prefecture will launch grant-type scholarship program

(March 15, 2014)

Don’t falsify historical facts: Shii at press conf. on comfort women issue

(March 15, 2014)

Gov’t should refrain from reviewing statement on ‘comfort women’ issue: JCP Shii

(March 15, 2014)

Education minister requires local town to use textbook glorifying Japan’s aggressive war

(March 14, 2014)

220,000 workers protest against timid corporate response to pay raise demand

(March 14, 2014)

Government claims regarding domestically-produced atomic energy and unstable renewable energy misleading

(March 14, 2014)

Japan’s war helped end segregation: constitutional revisionist group

(March 14, 2014)

140,000 people take part in nationwide action against heavy tax burden

(March 13, 2014)

JCP urges gov’t to clarify its stance against Russian military intervention in Crimea

(March 13, 2014)

Hibakusha request lawmakers to support their demand for state compensation

(March 13, 2014)

Fifth Lucky Dragon and Akahata

(March 11, 2014)

Shii makes statement on 3rd anniversary of March 11 disaster

(March 11, 2014)

2011 disaster victims still living in difficult conditions: Akahata survey

(March 11, 2014)

All 5 JCP candidates win in Oshu City election in Iwate

(March 11, 2014)

Ex-head of Fukushima crisis inspectors: public wants zero nuclear

(March 11, 2014)

State’s deregulation policy causes distress to children

(March 11, 2014)

City asks citizens to spy on welfare benefit recipients

(March 10, 2014)

Citizens join nationwide actions for withdrawal from nuclear energy

(March 9, 2014)

2014 International Women’s Day events take place in Tokyo

(March 8, 2014)

Abe faces internal criticisms on collective self-defense push

(March 8, 2014)

Japan’s gender equality ranks low in the world

(March 7, 2014)

Local gov’ts withdraw support for pro-Constitution meetings

(March 7, 2014)

Ex-NHK director calls for public voting system for NHK Board of Governors

(March 6, 2014)

Masuzoe: Japan can use collective self-defense right

(March 6, 2014)

3.11 disaster victims still stuck in temporary housing

(March 6, 2014)

JCP in Okinawa demands removal of all Ospreys and F15s

(March 6, 2014)

Gov’t eager to collect personal data using surveillance cameras

(March 5, 2014)

Abe admits approving collective self-defense right means using military force overseas

(March 5, 2014)

US fighter jet drops cockpit heatshield

(March 5, 2014)

JCP wins Tokyo governor’s support to utilize public land for more care facilities

(March 5, 2014)

JCP regains seat in NPP-hosting town assembly

(March 4, 2014)

Russia should refrain from military intervention in Ukraine: Shii

(March 4, 2014)

JCP candidate wins in Saitama by-election

(March 4, 2014)

Osprey belches out smoke after emergency landing

(March 4 and 6, 2014)

JCP urges Tokyo to provide 26,000 children on waiting lists with childcare services

(March 3, 2014)

Abe Cabinet subservient to staffing service industry

(March 2, 2014)

Workers at major online printing company form union local

(March 2, 2014)

Metropolitan museum demands removal of ‘political’ work

(March 1, 2014)

Ruling parties forcibly pass through Lower House draft budget relying on revenues from sales tax hike

(March 1, 2014)

JCP Sasaki criticizes gov’t for subsidizing political parties while planning to impose higher sales tax on people

(March 1, 2014)

City assembly denounces Abe’s move to legalize right to collective self-defense

(March 1, 2014)

DefMin puts pressure on local paper to not cover SDF news in Ishigaki-jima

(March 1&2, 2014)

Bikini Day events mark 60th anniversary of US H-bomb test

(February 26&28, 2014)

Road construction under guise of fire prevention destroys local communities

(February 28, 2014)

Refunds to large exporters make a big dent in sales tax revenues

(February 28, 2014)

Another 351 people join court battle to shut down Genkai NPP

(February 28, 2014)

JCP Kasai criticizes NRA for playing down situation in Fukushima