Japan Press Weekly

(March 5, 2025)

JCP Kira and Kasai speak at TPNW 3rd meeting’s side event hosted by ICAN

(March 4, 2025)

JCP Koike: Imposing unfair peace on Ukraine is unacceptable

(March 3, 2025)

Over 930 Japanese firms under METI oppose EU PFAS restriction proposal

(March 2 & 3, 2025)

Bikini Day rally special program calls for nuclear deterrence doctrine to be abandoned

(March 2, 2025)

JCP sends requests to 3rd Meeting of State Parties to TPNW

(February 28 & March 1, 2025)

Gensuikyo hosts Bikini Day national rally and international forum

(March 1, 2025)

JCP Kira and Kasai talk with Kazakhstan Ambassador to Japan for success of TPNW meeting of state partie

(March 1, 2025)

JCP Kira and Kasai ask Cuban Ambassador for cooperation to achieve success of TPNW’s 3rd meeting

(February 28, 2025)

Testimony of ex-Abe faction accountant contradicts ex-faction executives’ statement

(February 28, 2025)

Anomalies of closed-door hearing with ex-Abe faction treasurer

(February 27, 2025)

43 accidents and incidents involving US military personnel in Okinawa since last October

(February 27, 2025)

Gensuikyo submits statement to 3rd meeting of TPNW states parties

(February 26, 2025)

Hibakusha at Diet hearing on gov’t-proposed budget draft criticizes huge increase in arms spending

(February 26, 2025)

Budget for election awareness campaigns drops to \100 million in 2021 from \2.3 billion in 1996

(February 26, 2025)

JCP on 3rd anniversary of Ukraine war: Ishiba should urge Trump to work for a just peace

(February 25, 2025)

DPP head’s remarks attacking elderly and foreigners aimed at cutting public spending on social welfare

(February 22, 2025)

Four civil organizations request JCP to resolve postwar compensation issue

(February 21, 2025)

JCP Tatsumi: Hold social media platforms accountable for fake news on social media

(February 21, 2025)

JCP Kira and Kasai will observe 3rd Meeting of State Parties to TPNW

(February 14, 2025)

Union member sues Google Japan, seeking withdrawal of unfair dismissal

(February 19, 2025)

JCP protests against Lower House Budget Committee chair’s decision to hold closed-door hearing with ex-Abe faction accountant

(February 17 & 19, 2025)

JCP Tatsumi: Gov’t use of Japanese taxpayer money to support production of semiconductors for US weapons unacceptable

(February 19, 2025)

Japan’s non-participation in 3rd meeting of TPNW parties disappointment to Hibakusha

(February 18, 2025)

Shii presses PM Ishiba to recognize forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza as breach of international law

(February 18, 2025)

Japan should not be aligned with US aggressive East Asia strategy

(February 15, 2025)

JCP CC Chair Shii comments on the ceasefire negotiations in Ukraine

(February 15, 2025)

JCP proposes fundamental recompilation of 2025 gov’t-drafted budget

(February 14, 2025)

JCP CC Chair: PM Ishiba, ignoring Diet, promises US to further increase military spending

(February 13, 2025)

Yamazoe questions PM Ishiba’s stance toward President Trump

(February 13, 2025)

JCP lawmakers express critical position on OSA

(February 12, 2025)

Contract-based budget for construction of SDF camp on Mageshima Island already tops 1 trillion yen

(February 11, 2025)

Japan may expand scope of use of its right to collective self-defense to include Australia

(February 11, 2025)

Myth-based prewar Empire Day oppressed free expression and academic freedom

(February 9, 2025)

JCP EC Chair criticizes PM Ishiba’s submissive stance taken at his first meeting with US President Trump

(February 6 & 8, 2025)

2 US fighter jets make emergency landing at Matsuyama Airport

(February 8, 2025)

Peace activists in Otaru protest against port call of US destroyer

(February 8, 2025)

JCP EC Chair Tamura to lawyers: JCP will push further for Diet debates on dual-surname option

(February 8, 2025)

Shii & Yamazoe attend event for 60th anniversary of Japan-S. Korea diplomatic normalization

(February 7, 2025)

JCP EC Chair: Japanese gov’t should be ashamed of its failure to criticize Trump’s Gaza statements

(February 6, 2025)

Zenroren launches campaign for eradicating workplace harassment

(February 6, 2025)

JCP issues statement condemning Trump’s proposal regarding Palestine’s Gaza Strip

(February 5, 2025)

JCP Tamura calls for cancellation of gov’t plan to raise high-cost medical care co-payment cap

(February 5, 2025)

GSDF shell may have landed outside training site

(February 5, 2025)

Norwegian embassy celebrates Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo

(February 4, 2025)

JCP Shiokawa: Urgent need to lower sales tax to 5%

(February 4, 2025)

Unlike Japanese gov’t, S. Korean gov’t sends its representatives to memorial event for wartime mine disaster victims

(February 4, 2025)

All 11 JCP candidates elected to 7 municipal assemblies

(February 1, 2025)

Google Japan workers sue company over unfair pay cuts

(January 31, 2025)

Opposition parties in unison vote for summoning of ex-Abe faction’s treasurer as unsworn witness

(January 31, 2025)

JCP EC Chair Tamura demands withdrawal of Japan’s countermeasure against CEDAW