Japan Press Weekly

(August 28, 2024)

Tamura speaks to editorial writers regarding JCP stance toward next general election

(August 27, 2024)

Koike criticizes media coverage regarding opposition parties’ joint struggle in last general election as being incorrect

(August 24, 2024)

JCP Dietmembers: BOJ is to blame for ultraweak yen

(August 21, 2024)

JCP Koike: Full-scale construction work on US military base at Henoko must be stopped immediately!

(August 21, 2024)

Koike: JCP not commenting on CDPJ’s ‘mission-oriented Cabinet’ concept

(August 20, 2024)

JCP and CDPJ agree to ‘cooperate and join forces’ in next general election

(August 16, 2024)

Defense Minister visits Yasukuni Shrine on anniversary of end of WWII

(August 16, 2024)

LDP lawmaker resigns for allegedly defrauding state-paid secretary’s salary

(August 15, 2024)

Public anger drives PM Kishida to not run for LDP presidency

(August 10, 2024)

JCP Koike: Nagasaki mayor should not be criticized for not inviting Israel to ceremony

(August 10, 2024)

JCP Secretariat Head criticizes Kishida’s refusal to respond to Nagasaki’s call for abolition of nuclear weapons

(August 7, 2024)

JCP Chair Tamura criticizes PM Kishida for going to discuss constitutional revision immediately after Hiroshima A-Bomb Day

(July 31, 2024)

Gov’t displays so-what attitude toward criticism of concealment of US soldiers’ sex crimes

(July 31, 2024)

JCP Yamazoe: Extended deterrence conflicts with establishing ‘world without nuclear weapons’

(July 30, 2024)

Vice defense minister gives Antarctic ice to his local electorates, possibly in violation of election law

(July 29, 2024)

JCP Koike criticizes 2+2 for strengthening expanded deterrence

(July 24, 2024)

Shii at symposium speaks of peacebuilding in East Asia

(July 20, 2024)

Kira at rally criticizes gov’t for concealing sex crimes committed by US soldiers from public

(July 18, 2024)

PM Kishida apologizes to victims of forced sterilization

(July 12, 2024)

JCP Secretariat Head Koike refutes claim that ‘Renho lost votes because of JCP’

(July 8, 2024)

JCP Koike comments on results of Tokyo gubernatorial race

(July 7, 2024)

1,200 Okinawans hold protest marking 10th year from start of anti-Henoko base sit-in

(July 5, 2024)

Tamura: Gov’t should be accountable for its act of hiding from Okinawans US soldiers’ sex crimes

(June 26, 2024)

Pressed by JCP lawmaker, gov’t will develop tool to analyze gender wage gap

(June 24, 2024)

JCP Koike on Okinawa’s Memorial Day determines not to turn Okinawa into battlefield again

(June 22, 2024)

JCP Chair Tamura calls for all-out efforts to build a stronger JCP in order to achieve major advance in general election

(June 21, 2024)

Campaigning begins for Tokyo gubernatorial election

(June 20, 2024)

Tamura in one-on-one debate pushes PM Kishida to implement dual surname system immediately

(June 20, 2024)

Revised-political funds law with many loopholes approved

(June 20, 2024)

Revised law giving state gov’t more power than local gov’ts in contingency situations enacted

(June 19, 2024)

Cancel plan to use soil from ‘killing zone’ in Okinawa battle for Henoko base project: bereaved families

(June 19, 2024)

26K signatures calling for ban on arms exports submitted to gov’t

(June 15, 2024)

Two revised laws leading to violation of human rights of foreign residents in Japan enacted

(June 15, 2024)

Nouminren protests against contingency legislation that orders farmers to produce designated crops or face a penalty for failure to comply

(June 14, 2024)

Nihi opposes law revision that may promote discriminatory racial profiling

(June 13, 2024)

JCP Chair Tamura comments on incumbent’s declaration of her candidacy for Tokyo governor

(June 11, 2024)

30 of top 50 Japanese corporate CO2 emitters give LDP political donations

(June 11, 2024)

With 2 billion yen in donations to LDP, construction industry receives 27 trillion yen in public work contracts

(June 6, 2024)

Treaty that paves way to turning Japan into a ‘merchant of death’ approved

(June 4, 2024)

Female candidate backed by JCP elected to Tokyo’s Minato Ward mayor

(June 2, 2024)

Japan-China-S. Korea summit fails to agree on nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and creation of regional peace framework

(May 30, 2024)

LDP rejects opposition parties’ demand to ban corporate donations

(May 30, 2024)

Revised law that sidelines improvement of Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate enacted

(May 29, 2024)

Opposition parties unite to ban donations from corporation and interest groups

(May 28, 2024)

JCP to support incumbent’s opponent in upcoming Tokyo gubernatorial election

(May 26, 2024)

JCP Yamazoe: Japanese gov’t must protest US politicians’ remarks that justify 1945 A-bombings civilian targets

(May 21, 2024)

JCP-backed candidate defeats LDP-endorsed incumbent in Odawara City mayoral election

(May 20, 2024)

Civil Alliance criticizes Rengo for breaking momentum working toward a change in government

(May 18, 2024)

Amid mounting opposition, revised law to introduce controversial post-divorce ‘joint custody’ enacted

(May 16 & 17, 2024)

JCP Kokuta to religious leaders: Let us oust LDP gov’t which aims to return to prewar era ideology