Japan Press Weekly

(October 7, 2013)

Union settles with Nestle for labor dispute under OECD guidelines

(October 7, 2013)

Environmental NPO and Fukushima farmers jointly build solar power plant

(October 6, 2013)

More local gov’ts want to invite casinos

(October 4 & 5, 2013)

Policy toward China differs between Japan and US

(October 5, 2013)

Low income earners pay more in consumption tax relative to income: private think tank

(October 5, 2013)

Gov’t council demands lifting of ban on day labor

(September 25 & 26, 2013)

5 opposition parties jointly call for Diet session to be convened

(September 27, 2013)

Call me ‘militarist’, if you want: PM Abe

(September 27, 2013)

JCP Dietmembers inspect trouble-laden Hokkaido railway company

(September 27, 2013)

Local papers say Abe’ economic policy is overly partial to business interests

(September 28, 2013)

5,000 voices opposing consumption tax hike resound through Tokyo

(September 28 & October 1, 2013)

PM Abe’s provocative remarks lead to worsening relations with neighbors: JCP Ichida

(September 25, 2013)

NGOs in Japan striving for early settlement of comfort women issue

(September 29, 2013)

Former soldier testifies on lethal human experimentation

(September 25, 2013)

Skilled part-timer reveals in court coffee shop chain’s unfair dismissal

(September 26, 2013)

Union workers demand swift settlement of labor disputes

(September 26, 2013)

Court approves taxi company’s unfair dismissal

(October 1, 2013)

Number of ‘working-poor’ remains above 10 mil level for 7 straight years

(September 25, 2013)

Japan gov’t suppresses discovery of dugong’s presence at planned US base site

(September 30, 2013)

Installation of US missile defense radar may damage environment

(September 26 & 30, 2013)

One year after Osprey deployment, Okinawans bear further base burdens

(September 26, 2013)

JCP in Tokyo demands 2020 Olympics to be in harmony with lives and nature

(September 27, 2013)

JCP in Osaka demands retraction of forcible ‘Kimigayo’ order on school teachers

(September 28, 2013)

JCP Shiokawa highlights deception in Abe’s ‘perfectly contained’ remark

(September 26, 2013)

Firewood delivery business revitalizes both forests and local economy

(September 30 & October 1, 2013)

Japan Restoration Party candidate defeated in Sakai mayoral election

(October 1, 2013)

JRP’s defeat in Osaka is prologue to its breakup: some Dietmembers predict

(October 1, 2013)

All JCP candidates win Ichinoseki City Assembly election

(September 29, 2013)

UN resolution on Syria refutes unilateralism of big powers

(September 25, 2013)

JCP & CPV confirm cooperation for peace in East Asia

(September 28 & 29, 2013)

Shii talks with Indonesian Deputy Foreign Minister

(October 1, 2013)

Second-largest group in opinion poll favors JCP

(October 4, 2013)

9 ministers visit shrine of Tennno’s ancestral deity

(October 4, 2013)

Bar association opposes bill to protect ‘secret information’

(October 4, 2013)

500 professors fight in courts against massive wage cuts

(October 4, 2013)

Convenience store worker succeeds in regaining his job after court battle

(October 2 & 3, 2013)

People voice anger at gov’t decision to raise sales tax

(October 3, 2013)

Largest-ever number of households lives on welfare

(October 3, 2013)

Majority of Nishiyodogawa residents sign petition in defense of Article 9

(October 3, 2013)

Japan should keep its pledge to world to cut 25% of its greenhouse gas emissions

(October 2, 2013)

Assemblypersons’ overseas study tours were ‘pleasure trips’: court rules

(October 2, 2013)

Consumption tax rate will increase to 8% amid uncertain economic outlook

(October 2, 2013)

PM must retract decision to increase consumption tax to 8%: Shii

(October 2, 2013)

TEPCO compensates for damages caused by harmful rumors in Saitama

(October 1, 2013)

Ex-Fukushima plant worker talks about TEPCO’s sloppy management of radioactive water

(September 23, 2013)

PCB waste from US military sites will be disposed in Fukushima

(September 23, 2013)

Part-time teachers at Waseda Univ. form union against unfair termination of contracts

(September 23, 2013)

Taxi drivers’ waiting time for customers counts as ‘working hours’: court

(September 22, 2013)

Heavier burden in taxes for disaster recovery will end for businesses but continue for general public

(September 21, 2013)

Residents call for safety measures to be taken at railway crossing