Japan Press Weekly

(September 11 and 12, 2015)

331 NGOs issue joint statement against war bills

(September 12, 2015)

Bill depriving temporary workers of hope for full-time positions forcibly enacted

(September 11, 2015)

Commercial operations start at Sendai NPP amid protests

(September 11, 2015)

Workers in large military-related firms stand up against war bills

(September 11, 2015)

Defense Minister doesn’t deny possible first-use of weapons by SDF personnel

(September 11, 2015)

Military use of Narita Airport violates agreement with local public

(September 9 & 11, 2015)

270 US blank cartridges scattered around road

(September 9 & 10, 2015)

SDF plans to conduct Japan-US joint military exercises for special missions before enactment of war bills

(September 10, 2015)

Condition no longer met for SDF to take part in PKOs in South Sudan due to collapse of ceasefire deal: JCP Inoue

(September 9, 2015)

Abe reelected as LDP leader amid increasing public disapproval of his policies

(September 8, 2015)

Talks on US base construction in Okinawa break down

(September 8, 2015)

JCP wins three seats in Iwate prefectural assembly election

(September 2 & 8, 2015)

This week’s JCP international activities

(September 7, 2015)

Campaign against war legislation increasing momentum

(September 6, 2015)

3,800 Okinawans rally to block restart of Henoko construction work

(September 6, 2015)

Evacuation order for radiation-hit Naraha Town lifted, but evacuees hesitant to return home

(September 5, 2015)

Bill related to elimination of ‘black corporations’ passed

(September 5, 2015)

Tokyo governor refuses to meet to-be-displaced residents

(September 4, 2015)

JCP: expansion of use of ‘My Number’ system will invite risk of serious privacy breaches

(September 3 and 4, 2015)

Large corporations’ internal reserves hit record high under ‘Abenomics’

(September 4, 2015)

Resident Korean in Osaka sues a home builder for racism

(September 4, 2015)

JR East's unmanned wicket project disregards the socially disadvantaged

(September 3, 2015)

SDF top to Washington: War bills will be enacted by this summer

(September 3, 2015)

Pay gaps between regular and non-regular workers in Japan greater than in EU

(September 3, 2015)

VJ Day should be reminder to Japan of what it did to Asian countries in WWII

(September 2, 2015)

Dwellers under threat of Olympics-related eviction send request to IOC: we don’t want to move out

(September 2, 2015)

Organizing committee responsible for alleged design theft of Olympic emblem: sports journalist

(September 2, 2015)

Memorial ceremony held for foreign victims of massacre that occurred 92 years ago

(September 1, 2015)

Abe’s move to create war-fighting Japan will give US weapons maker greater business opportunities

(September 1, 2015)

Okinawa gov’t starts undersea environmental survey at US base construction site

(September 1, 2015)

JCP parliamentarian urges Kyushu railway company to eliminate unstaffed stations

(September 1, 2015)

This week’s JCP international activity

(August 31, 2015)

Diet surrounded by 120,000 people seeking to kill war bills

(August 30, 2015)

NGO: Abe’s war bills will turn humanitarian aid groups into targets of armed attacks

(August 30, 2015)

Imabari City decides to stop using war-glorifying textbooks

(August 29, 2015)

Musicians: Put a final double barline to war bills!

(August 29, 2015)

High school students request Dietmembers to kill war bills

(August 28&29, 2015)

Yamashita demands cancellation of ‘My Number’ program

(August 29, 2015)

Revised Olympic stadium with 155 billion yen price tag still costly

(August 27, 2015)

JCP Tatsumi criticizes war bills for dragging private sector workers into wars

(August 27, 2015)

Dockworkers oppose war bills

(August 27, 2015)

Lawyers & scholars unite to scrap war legislation

(August 27, 2015)

Sagamihara City and US military will jointly investigate cause of explosions and fire at US depot

(August 26, 2015)

Abe gov’t takes no action to protect people from US base dangers

(August 26, 2015)

Okinawa assemblypersons protest drill resumption of US MH-60 chopper flights

(August 26, 2015)

Pension data leakage reports fall short of easing public distrust

(August 25, 2015)

Yamashita pushes PM Abe to admit to Japan’s aggression & colonial rule during WWII

(August 25, 2015)

Fire occurs at US base in Kanagawa’s residential area

(August 25, 2015)

All 5 JCP candidates win in Morioka City Assembly election

(August 24, 2015)

400 million yen spent on SDF drills near Mt. Fuji