Japan Press Weekly

(March 2, 2016)

Gov’t should drastically increase cultural budget to ensure people can enjoy art

(March 1, 2016)

Defense Ministry draws up plan to kill ‘enemies’ abroad

(March 1, 2016)

TV anchors protest against minister’s remarks intimidating broadcasters

(March 1, 2016)

Ogata in 2016 Bikini Day event highlights need for nuclear weapons convention

(March 1, 2016)

Ex-TEPCO executives indicted for Fukushima nuclear meltdown

(February 28, 2016)

Citizens voice anxieties about health damage from uranium dug up by maglev railway construction

(February 28, 2016)

Residents near Takahama NPP need 7.5 hours to escape from nuclear accident

(February 27, 2016)

Union survey: 80% of nursing-care workers state that PM Abe’s measures did not lead to wage increase

(February 27, 2016)

Ex-fishermen in Kochi apply for workers compensation for radiation exposure from Bikini Atoll H-bomb test

(February 27, 2016)

Citizens’ groups hold rally to oppose Japan-India nuclear energy deal

(February 18, 2016)

Court decision convicting SDF of spying on the public is finalized

(February 26, 2016)

Contingent workers’ lifetime wages are half of regular workers’

(February 25 & 26, 2016)

Parents-doctors network calls for free medical service for children

(February 26, 2016)

Murder of elderly requiring nursing care caused by poor social policy: expert

(February 25, 2016)

High school students urge Education Ministry to withdraw restrictions on their political activities

(February 25, 2016)

High court approves citizen’s call for transparency in Cabinet’s secret funds system

(February 25, 2016)

Zenroren releases results of regular survey on women workers

(February 25, 2016)

Citizens protest USS Blue Ridge’s entry into Osaka Port

(February 25, 2016)

NRA okays use of 40-year-old reactors at Takahama NPP

(February 24, 2016)

5 opposition parties begin talks on electoral cooperation

(February 24, 2016)

People’s joint struggle in 1980s block military use of outer space

(February 24, 2016)

Japan should never revert to the militarist past

(February 23, 2016)

JCP urges Osaka mayor to disallow US warship’s entrance into Osaka Port

(February 23, 2016)

Young people in Japan are struggling with repayment of so-called ‘scholarship’ loans

(February 23, 2016)

This week’s JCP international activity

(February 23, 2016)

Shii calls on all candidates and chairs of JCP prefectural committees to fight to win in Upper House race

(February 22, 2016)

28,000 people surround Diet building opposing US base construction in Okinawa

(February 22, 2016)

Late teens in nationwide concerted action call for end to war laws

(February 21, 2016)

Shii attends SDP convention for first time in JCP history

(February 20, 2016)

5 opposition parties jointly submit a bill to abolish the war laws

(February 20, 2016)

Electoral cooperation to repeal war legislation agreed upon among opposition parties

(February 20, 2016)

JCP and DPJ in Hokkaido will field joint candidate in Lower House by-election

(February 20, 2016)

Violence at UN camp in South Sudan verifies risk of SDF members ‘killing’ and ‘being killed’ in PKO missions

(February 20, 2016)

Dismissal aimed at busting workers’ union is illegal: high court

(February 19, 2016)

JCP efforts contribute to lowering nursing-care costs of disaster victims

(February 19, 2016)

US Army copter drops a window

(February 19, 2016)

Olympus worker wins settlement in lawsuit over unfair treatment due to whistleblowing

(February 19, 2016)

Families of ex-Hansen disease patients in court call for society free from discrimination and prejudice

(February 17 & 18, 2016)

Gov’t data provides evidence of failure of ‘Abenomics’

(February 18, 2016)

UN women’s rights committee criticizes Japan for trying to deny forcible recruitment of ‘comfort women’

(February 17, 2016)

Maritime workers stand up to gov’t policy to mobilize them for wars

(February 17, 2016)

JCP Miyamoto criticizes increase in ‘sympathy budget’ as extraordinary subservience of Japan to US

(February 17, 2016)

Coffee shop worker reaches court-mediated-settlement over unfair dismissal

(February 10 & 16, 2016)

Abe hints at cutting pension benefits due to stock market downturn

(February 16, 2016)

JCP Takahashi pushes gov’t to increase grants for victims of 2011 massive disaster

(February 16, 2016)

‘Say No to the Abe Gov’t!’ demonstration attracts 10,000 people

(February 16, 2016)

All 6 JCP candidates win in Niiza City assembly election

(February 14, 2016)

Expensive public health insurance premiums endanger people’s lives

(February 14, 2016)

Plaintiffs seeking damages for Fukushima disaster form national network

(February 13, 2016)

Journalists’ group in statement urges internal affairs minister to step down for her remarks