Japan Press Weekly

(November 28, 2015)

IBM Japan surrenders in lawsuit over unjust wage cuts

(November 28, 2015)

Artifacts unearthed in Henoko designated as cultural assets

(November 28, 2015)

Unlike LDP, JCP finance supported at grassroots level

(November 27, 2015)

Pro-US base lawmakers in Nago urge cities nationwide to support base construction

(November 27, 2015)

Court nullifies orchestra musicians’ dismissals

(November 27, 2015)

Central labor commission condemns anti-union practice by Osaka City mayor

(November 27, 2015)

Japan’s plan to build 48 new coal-fired power plants contradicts global efforts to combat climate change

(November 26, 2015)

JCP Koike criticizes gov’t policy to toughen penalties for juvenile offenders

(November 26, 2015)

Supreme Court ruling: 2014 general election was in ‘state of unconstitutionality’

(November 26, 2015)

Part-time lecturers at Waseda Univ. win open-ended contract

(November 26, 2015)

9 Kawasaki junior high schools had students participate in SDF activities

(November 25, 2015)

Fuwa at press club calls for departure from LDP’s hold on politics

(November 25, 2015)

Japan occupies bottom rank for 6th consecutive year among OECD countries in public spending for education

(November 25, 2015)

JCP efforts help to boost birthrate in country town

(November 22-24, 2015)

DYLJ congress resolves to work to help create ‘national coalition gov’t to repeal war legislation’

(November 23, 2015)

Shii in lecture at Tokyo University calls for united anti-terrorism efforts by international community

(November 23, 2015)

Anti-Osaka Ishin no Kai candidates put up good fight in Osaka elections

(November 22 & 24, 2015)

5,000 Tokyoites rally to oppose US plan to deploy CV-22s to Yokota AB

(November 21, 2015)

JCP issues statement opposing gov’t policy causing higher college tuition

(November 20, 2015)

Saitama City ordered to pay compensation for employee’s suicide due to ‘power harassment’

(November 20, 2015)

Myanmar’s democratization to be tested

(November 19, 2015)

How far military-academia cooperation has advanced under Abe administration

(November 19, 2015)

Okinawans’ sit-in protest against US base construction marks 500th day

(November 19, 2015)

Union survey shows nurses at municipal hospitals are overworked and exhausted

(November 18, 2015)

Central gov’t sues Okinawa governor for resisting US base construction in Henoko

(November 18, 2015)

One out of every four workers in Japan is ‘working poor’

(November 18, 2015)

Contract workers at crippled Fukushima NPP win unpaid wages in court

(November 18, 2015)

Woman hospital worker wins compensation for ‘maternity harassment’

(November 17, 2015)

TV watchdog official: It is broadcasting autonomy that defends democracy

(November 13 & 17, 2015)

This week’s JCP international activities

(November 14-16, 2015)

Zenroren holds symposium on international solidarity among labor movements around the world

(November 15 & 16, 2015)

Shinfujin determined to restore democracy in Japan using women’s power

(November 15, 2015)

SEALDs holds rallies in protest against US base construction in Henoko

(November 15, 2015)

Shii condemns terror attacks in Paris

(November 14, 2015)

Gov’t will further cut corporate tax, repeating same mistake

(November 14, 2015)

Is scandal-tainted ‘Osaka Ishin’ qualified to call for ‘political reform’?

(November 14, 2015)

Arts/cultural organizations in symposium call for creation of ‘culture ministry’

(November 13, 2015)

Gov’t will upgrade spy satellite capabilities

(November 13, 2015)

Planned US base in Henoko has nothing to do with Japan’s defense

(November 13, 2015)

Nearly half of female temporary workers experience ‘maternity harassment’

(November 13, 2015)

JCP Hatano talks with univ. president over gov’t plan to cut subsidies to national universities

(November 12, 2015)

JCP Kami urges gov’t to withdraw from TPP

(November 12, 2015)

Okinawa gov. rejects state ‘order’ on Henoko base issue

(November 12, 2015)

Large firms benefiting from Abenomics increase low-paying, unstable non-regular jobs

(November 12, 2015)

Structure of collusion leads to restarting Ikata nuclear power plant

(November 11, 2015)

Signature campaign to repeal war legislation welcomed by public

(November 11, 2015)

NHK in opinion poll tries to make objections to war laws look smaller

(November 10, 2015)

Japanese gov’t takes a professor who is denier of Nanjing Massacre to UNESCO meetings

(November 10, 2015)

Educational bodies voice opposition to reducing public school teachers

(November 10, 2015)

Small business owners in Fukushima urge TEPCO and gov’t to continue compensating for N-accident damage