Japan Press Weekly

(April 23, 2013)

JCP demands halt to ceremony to commemorate ‘Japan’s restoration of sovereignty’ & using Emperor for political purposes

(April 23, 2013)

JCP wins assembly seat in disaster-hit town for the first time in 12 years

(April 22, 2013)

Secret info protection law will violate public’s right to know

(April 22, 2013)

JCP criticizes PM Abe for making offerings to Yasukuni Shrine

(April 22, 2013)

Iida City starts supporting residents’ renewable energy generation

(April 21, 2013)

Countries in TPP talks approve Japan’s entry

(April 21, 2013)

To resume Boeing 787 service without determining problems will provoke questions concerning safety

(April 20, 2013)

Upward trend in wages boasted by PM Abe is a lie

(April 20, 2013)

Court rules city’s rejection of welfare benefits for disabled woman to be illegal

(April 20, 2013)

Majority of Japanese high schoolers support Article 9: poll

(April 19, 2013)

Access to info on Net during election campaigns will spur voters’ political participation

(April 19, 2013)

Japan Gensuikyo goes to Geneva with signatures for nuclear-free world

(April 19, 2013)

Union condemns Ricoh for forcing employees to work overtime without pay

(April 19 & 23, 2013)

This week’s JCP international activities

(April 18, 2013)

Abe’s declaration of joining TPP talks causes rift with traditional LDP supporters

(April 18, 2013)

JCP demands blanket testing for BSE

(April 18, 2013)

US Marine helicopter based in Okinawa crashes in South Korea

(April 18, 2013)

US soldier arrested for drunk driving

(April 18, 2013)

Court orders Japanese maker to compensate workers for discrimination

(April 18, 2013)

Closure of Shiseido’s Kamakura factory upsets local economy

(April 18, 2013)

100 days of Abe Cabinet

(April 17, 2013)

Spouses of Japanese war orphans seek public aid

(April 17, 2013)

Top court for first time recognizes woman as Minamata disease sufferer

(April 17, 2013)

Court rejects suit for shutdown of Oi NPP

(April 17, 2013)

Out-of-date dance regulation must be removed: JCP Kokuta

(April 17, 2013)

Plumber’s cerebrospinal fluid leak caused by work-related accident: court

(April 16, 2013)

JCP-backed mayor reelected in Takarazuka City

(April 15, 2013)

Bereaved family wins state compensation for SDF member’s death

(April 14, 2013)

Sony workers in ‘downsizing room’ attain job assignment

(April 14, 2013)

Abe makes large concessions in pre-TPP talks with US

(April 14, 2013)

LDP spokesman calls on public to vote for Article 96 revision with changing Article 9 as goal

(April 14, 2013)

Part-time lecturers condemn university for unilaterally changing work rules in violation of labor laws

(April 14, 2013)

Another drunken driving by US marine in Okinawa

(April 13, 2013)

Gov’t bill to cut Diet seats ignores rulings finding vote-value gap unconstitutional

(April 13, 2013)

US aircraft flying exclusively in SDF airspace

(April 13, 2013)

More than 6,000 join suit calling for closure of Genkai nuclear plant

(April 13, 2013)

Member of nuclear accident investigation team received money from TEPCO

(April 3, 2013)

Constitution’s perspective of the world is ‘preposterous’?

(April 12, 2013)

5,000 people in rally resolve to stop consumption tax hike

(April 12, 2013)

SDF cancels plan to let people hold guns at its events

(April 11 & 12, 2013)

Gov’t responsible for leak of radiation-contaminated water: JCP Shiokawa

(April 11, 2013)

850 university teachers oppose Japan’s joining in TPP talks

(April 11, 2013)

Japan Gensuikyo urges nuclear powers to act for nuclear-free world

(April 11, 2013)

Letting civilians hold guns is illegal: citizens file complaint against SDF

(April 11, 2013)

Respect the right to know for families of bullied suicides: JCP Miyamoto

(April 11, 2013)

Abe wants to emphasize ‘patriotism’ in history textbooks

(April 11, 2013)

JCP Kami urges gov’t not to approve corporate fishery in disaster-hit area

(April 11, 2013)

Activists resolve to fight back against gov’t move to remove ‘anti-nuke tent’

(April 10, 2013)

‘Abenomics’ widens gap between the rich and the rest

(April 10, 2013)

Job ‘reform’ helps corporate giants kick workers out