Japan Press Weekly

(August 31, 2016)

National Police Agency approves secret videotaping of general public

(August 31, 2016)

Power company loses in SLAPP suit over Kaminoseki NPP construction

(August 30, 2016)

JCP requests Tokyo governor to implement train platform safety features

(August 28 & 29, 2016)

Youth group counters ‘poor-bashing’ talk

(August 29, 2016)

Japanese elderly have to keep working to make ends meet

(August 28, 2016)

Local gov’t workers were forced to mobilize public for Japan’s war of aggression

(August 28, 2016)

Monthly braille Akahata reaches 500th issue

(August 26 & 27, 2016)

Okinawa governor criticizes excessive policing in Takae

(August 27, 2016)

Kagoshima governor demands suspension of Sendai NPP

(August 27, 2016)

Gov’t again considers presenting renamed conspiracy bill

(August 26, 2016)

Is nuclear power really essential to curtail fossil fuel imports?

(August 25, 2016)

Japan gears up for full-scale implementation of war laws

(August 25, 2016)

Okinawa Police arrest local resident protesting against US helipad construction

(August 25, 2016)

70% of Mitsubishi Motors subcontractors in Okayama suffer sales drop due to mileage data scandal

(August 24, 2016)

US military expand land use on base on Okinawa’s Ie-jima Island

(August 24, 2016)

Gov’t should eliminate garment industry’s illegal use of foreign trainees: Zenroren

(August 24, 2016)

Ex-Japanese POWs want remains of the dead to be collected

(August 24, 2016)

JCP demands nationwide survey of illegal investigations by police

(August 23, 2016)

High-ranking officials in Abe government ‘pocket’ over 100 million yen in public subsidies

(August 23, 2016)

Survivors of sinking of wartime evacuation ship carrying children pray for peace

(August 22, 2016)

Abe gov’t aims to further weaken social security programs

(August 18 and 22, 2016)

Okinawa Police arrest US servicemen for drunk driving

(August 22, 2016)

Japanese gov’t must play responsible role as A-bombed nation in global efforts for a world without nuclear weapons

(August 22, 2016)

Teachers & parents call to fight to protect freedom of education

(August 22, 2016)

Mothers’ Congress resolves to protect Article 9 for peaceful and bright future

(August 20, 2016)

Temporary teachers hold national meeting

(August 20, 2016)

Kanagawa Police put out feelers questioning high voter turnout at 3 high schools

(August 18, 2016)

Cabinet intelligence top praises Japan’s wartime suppression

(August 18, 2016)

Record number of illegal labor practices found among employers using foreign trainees

(August 18, 2016)

Japan’s actual unemployment rate is 8.4%

(August 18, 2016)

PM Abe is totally obsessed with nuclear deterrence

(August 17, 2016)

SEALDs brings to a close its tireless 15-month struggle to open new horizons

(August 17, 2016)

PM Abe voices objection to America’s ‘no first use’ nuclear weapons policy

(August 17, 2016)

Visually impaired subway passenger’s fatal fall reaffirms need for safety improvement

(August 16, 2016)

Koike on Takeshima dispute: calm discussions required to find solution

(August 16, 2016)

Defense Minister Inada reluctantly cancels her visit to Yasukuni due to ‘official overseas trip’

(August 16, 2016)

Abe shows no remorse over past war of aggression for 4 straight years

(August 16, 2016)

JCP Secretariat Head Koike at Korean ceremony: I’ll work to end hate speech

(August 15, 2016)

JCP issues statement on 71st anniversary of end of WWII

(August 14, 2016)

US Marines in Okinawa is forward-based assault force, not ‘deterrence’ force

(August 13, 2016)

JCP: US Osprey flight damage on ecosystem should be surveyed

(August 13, 2016)

Abe’s economic policies force more SMEs to close down

(August 13, 2016)

US soldiers carrying guns walk along farm road in Takae

(August 13, 2016)

Restart of Ikata NPP neglects residents’ safety

(August 11, 2016)

JCP urges Tokyo governor to review Tsukiji fish market relocation

(August 11, 2016)

Court denies validity of forced confessions in arson-murder case

(August 10, 2016)

Court nullifies dismissals of union workers at facility for disabled

(August 10, 2016)

JCP protests against secret filming of people by Oita police

(August 10, 2016)

Anti-nuke World Conference in Nagasaki calls on world to join Hibakusha-led signature drive

(August 9, 2016)

Antinuke ‘Declaration’ directly handed to UN Open-Ended Working Group