Japan Press Weekly

(February 15, 2019)

LDP to pressure local governments to cooperate in SDF recruiting activities

(February 14, 2019)

Shii comments on S. Korean parliament chair’s remark calling for Emperor’s apology to comfort women victims

(February 14, 2019)

Attack on press freedom reveals Abe regime's fascist nature

(February 14, 2019)

JCP Kasai criticizes Abe for clinging to failed policy to promote nuclear power plant exports

(February 11 & 13, 2019)

Rallies held across Japan to oppose celebrating 'national foundation day' tied to Emperor worship ideology

(February 13, 2019)

Eight years on, Fukushima nuclear disaster shows no sign of ending

(February 11, 2019)

US military fails to inform Japan of US helicopter emergency landing in Okinawa

(February 10, 2019)

Anti-base activists urge Okinawa Defense Bureau to discard collected personal data of Henoko base protesters

(February 10, 2019)

Faulty survey scandal needs full investigation to restore public trust in government statistics

(February 9, 2019)

JCP lawmakers push government to take measures to combat hog cholera epidemic

(February 9, 2019)

Japanese NGOs pushing gov't to end gender inequality

(February 8, 2019)

Abe in annual convention says nothing about return of ‘four northern islands’

(February 8, 2019)

Shii welcomes Trump’s announcement about second meeting with Kim

(February 7, 2019)

Trump’s State of Union Address raises new concerns about further divisions in US society and the increase in military spending

(February 7, 2019)

Union protests Abe gov’t attempt to restrict journalists’ right to ask politically sensitive questions

(February 6, 2019)

Ex-Defense Academy student wins compensation due to harassment by senior students

(February 6, 2019)

Households face heavier national health insurance tax burden amid falling income

(February 6, 2019)

Weapons will be a relic of the past in a world where problems are resolved through dialogue

(February 5, 2019)

Government should take drastic measures to eliminate child abuse

(February 5, 2019)

Ruling parties refuse to summon witnesses in regard to falsified labor survey data

(February 5, 2019)

US petty officer arrested for tresspassing

(February 5, 2019)

Deputy Prime Minister under fire for his remark laying blame on women for Japan’s declining birthrate

(February 4, 2019)

JCP has the most female local assemblymembers among political parties

(February 3, 2019)

Issue of eugenics and disabled in modern Japanese society discussed in context of Nazi’s ‘T4 program’

(February 3, 2019)

US military yet again causes parachute-drop accident

(February 2, 2019)

Abe intends to force people to keep working as long as possible with insufficient pension benefits: Koike

(February 2, 2019)

Japan’s public pension fund records largest-ever loss of 15 trillion yen under Abenomics

(February 1, 2019)

Shii grills Abe on false monthly surveys and Japan-Russia territorial talks

(February 1, 2019)

Shii comments on Abe's responses in Diet interpellation

(January 31, 2019)

Abe shows hostility to public movements in support of Article 9 of the Constitution

(January 30, 2019)

Abe turns his back on measures to eliminate workplace harassment

(January 30, 2019)

Opposition parties on televised program discuss how to beat LDP

(January 30, 2019)

Revised ordinance will open door to ‘prefecture-wide’ referendum over Henoko base project

(January 30, 2019)

Top court determines punishment of ex-union leader to be illegal

(January 29, 2019)

Shii: Let us engage in Diet discussions leading to JCP advance in this year’s major elections

(January, 29, 2019)

Opposition leaders agree to take concrete steps toward fielding unified candidates in Upper House election

(January, 29, 2019)

PM Abe in policy speech unsuccessful at concealing his failure

(January 29, 2019)

Young Kyoto residents to city government: Don’t provide　our personal information to SDF

(January 27, 2019)

Funds local gov'ts have hoarded increased by 9.8 trillion yen in decade

(January 26, 2019)

Union wins revision of ‘36 agreement’ on overtime exceeding gov’t-set danger line for death from overwork

(January 26, 2019)

Consumption tax hike based on manipulation of statistics should be revoked

(January 26, 2019)

Mitsubishi Motors and Panasonic punished for violating law on use of foreign trainees

(January 25, 2019)

Over 130 constitutional scholars issue statement opposing Henoko base project

(January 24 and 25, 2019)

Tokyo governor breaks her pledge to use former Tsukiji site as food-centric theme park with market function

(January 24, 2019)

Abe in summit meeting with Putin fails to make progress on territorial issue

(January, 24, 2019)

National trade union centers criticize Keidanren for taking hostile stance toward wage hike demand

(January 24, 2019)

Keidanren’s policy on 2019 wage talks shows negative attitude to drastic pay increase

(January 23, 2019)

White House intends to respond to petition calling for halt to Henoko landfill work

(January 23, 2019)

JCP urges Defense Ministry to cancel planned relocation of FCLP to Mageshima Island

(January 23, 2019)

JCP Hatano investigates into cause of stream drying up near tunnel construction site