Japan Press Weekly

(March 26, 2012)

Group for a nuclear-free Japan marks 25th anniversary

(March 25, 2012)

TEPCO plan to impose higher electricity rates is unjust

(March 25, 2012)

Asaka mayor objects to US Marines deployment to Asaka City

(March 24, 2012)

Court orders gov’t to disclose secret funds information

(March 24, 2012)

‘Amakudari’ practice plays part in AIJ scandal

(March 24, 2012)

Pharmaceutical industry workers call on gov’t to give up TPP participation

(March 24, 2012)

NSC validates stress tests on 2 reactors at Oi NPP

(March 13, 2012)

546 evacuated families file complaint to receive TEPCO compensation

(March 14, 2012)

Most of complaints filed for TEPCO compensation unsettled

(March 14, 2012)

Workers at Fukushima nuclear plant do not receive hazardous duty pay

(March 15, 2012)

Residents file injunction against certification of Oi NPP inspection completion

(March 17, 2012)

Residents request Fukui gov’t to not approve NPP restart

(March 17 and 18, 2012)

Residents launch campaign to shut down Onagawa nuclear plant

(March 15, 2012)

‘Sympathy budget’ maintained using ‘eco-friendly’ rhetoric

(March 15, 2012)

Residents protest against building more houses for US forces

(March 17, 2012)

US Marines should go home

(March 17&18, 2012)

16,000 US Marines in Okinawa - largest number since 2001

(March 17, 2012)

Yamaguchi assembly does not want US Marines deployed there

(March 14, 2012)

140,000 hold nationwide action opposing tax increase

(March 14, 2012 )

Gov’t should stop promoting prior negotiations for TPP

(March 17, 2012)

Gov’t can’t promise to protect Japanese rice from TPP

(March 15, 2012)

Takae resident ‘obstructs’ US helipads construction: court

(March 18, 2012)

Rightist gangsters intimidate sit-in protesters in Okinawa

(March 14, 2012)

JCP: Tokyo must spend more on disaster prevention

(March 16, 2012)

Tokyo governor willing to have N-plant built in Tokyo Bay

(March 15, 2012)

Former JAL subsidiary workers launch court battle to win back jobs

(March 15 & 16, 2012)

Zenroren holds day of action demanding pay raise

(March 15, 2012)

Osaka school principal checked if teachers sing ‘Kimigayo’

(March 16, 2012)

100,000 signatures opposing Osaka governor’s attempt to control education submitted

(March 17, 2012)

Establish a society with no ‘solitary deaths’

(March 17, 2012)

Kyoto residents act against regulations against dancing

(March 17, 2012)

Police collect personal data on students from Islamic nations

(March 22, 2012)

JCP Urges DPRK to Cancel “Rocket” Launch Plan - the DPRK should comply with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and go back to the Six-Party Talks joint statement

(March 23, 2012)

Lifting tariffs on 95% of items in TPP will impede Japan’s recovery from 3.11

(March 23, 2012)

JCP Kasai proposes universal suffrage at age 18

(March 23, 2012)

US fighter jets moving to Iwakuni not allowed: two ministers

(March 23, 2012)

Nursing-care payments rise while pension benefits drop

(April 1, 2009)

Diet resolutions urge North Korea not to launch rocket

(April 6, 2009)

North Korea’s rocket launch is regrettable – JCP Chair Shii

(April 6, 2009)

Responses on North Korea’s rocket launch: Government’s ‘military-only’ vs. JCP’s ‘diplomacy-first’ policy contrast

(April 7, 2009 )

Government boosting use of space for military purposes

(April 6, 2009)

Inaccuracy of missile defense system exposed

(March 31, April 1, 2009 )

Japan may not be able to recover loan after U.S. Marine Corps Guam relocation

(April 3, 2009)

Scrap bill to ratify Guam Treaty

(April 4, 2009)

Defense ministry does not rule out Japan’s continued payment of costs for U.S. Marines

(April 2, 2009)

Defense Ministry speeds up construction of new U.S. Marine air base in Okinawa

(April 2, 2009)

U.S. forces removed radioactive waste from nuclear-powered warship in violation of agreement

(April 2, 2009)

JCP protests against planned deployment of U.S. military helicopter units

(April 3, 2009)

Ishigaki residents stage protest against entry of U.S. warships

(April 6, 2009)

Ishigaki mayor protests against U.S. warships’ entry