Japan Press Weekly

( July 15, 2009)

Upper House adopts a censure motion against PM Aso

( July 14, 2009 )

Opposition parties propose non-confidence vote against Aso

( July 12, 2009)

JCP demands plan to deploy SDF to Island near Taiwan be cancelled

( July 7, 2009)

Ichida calls for parliamentary investigation into illegal political donations

( July 7, 2009)

Court confirms state responsibility for asbestos-linked death at U.S. military base

( July 3, 2009)

JCP task force begins investigation on 'politics and money’ corruption

( July 2, 2009)

Falsified list of donors exposes questionable donations to DPJ leader

(July 2, 2009 )

Hatoyama accepted over 300 million yen in donation from anonymous individuals

( July 2, 2009)

DPJ leader Hatoyama accepted over 300 million yen in donation from anonymous individuals

( July 2, 2009)

Ex-vice foreign minister to testify to the existence of secret arrangement

( July 1, 2009 )

DPJ leader admits abuse of names in its list of political contributors

(June 28 & 29, 2009)

Government should set goal to end poverty: JCP Koike

( June 26, 2009)

Parliamentary investigation urged into illegal donations involving LDP and DPJ

( June 25, 2009)

Finance minister may have also accepted hidden corporate donations

( June 22, 2009)

Politics that cannot say ‘NO’ to financial circles’ request Akahata editorial

( June 21, 2009)

Revised immigration law violates foreigners’ rights

( June 20, 2009)

JCP Kokuta says DPJ must come clean about illegal donations

( June 20, 2009 )

LDP goes against public interest by bulldozing through ‘anti-piracy’bills

( June 19, 2009)

JCP abstains from voting on bill to define brain death as human death

( June 18, 2009 )

Aso says consumption tax increase is essential for social services

(June 14, 2009)

The need now is to move away from postal privatization

(June 12, 2009)

Shii criticizes DPJ for evading questions about Nishimatsu scandal involving Ozawa

(June 12, 2009)

Law to establish procedures for constitutional revision must be abolished

(June 10, 2009)

DPJ wants to be funded by corporations while proposing a ban on corporate donations

(June 10, 2009)

LDP and DPJ compete to remove Article 9

(June 8, 2009)

Budget for public works projects must not be diverted to U.S. forces in Japan

(June 4, 2009)

LDP calls for Japan to have capability to attack enemy bases

(June 3, 2009)

JCP Inoue urges government to make ‘secret Japan-U.S. nuclear deal’ known

(June 3, 2009)

Government space program goes against Article 9

(June 3, 2009)

Diet session extended in order to have undemocratic bills enacted

(May 31, 2009)

No one opposes JCP argument that ‘parties should be funded by personal donations’

(May 30, 2009)

JCP Kokuta says 14 trillion yen supplementary budget will not help economic recovery

(May 28, 2009)

LDP and DPJ will call for cutting Lower House seats

(May 12, 2009)

4 opposition party meeting about drastic revision of the Worker Dispatch Law should be held immediately

(April 28, 2009)

Consumption tax hike will follow pork-barrel scheme for large corporations

(April 25, 2009)

Hatoyama says DPJ will initiate discussions on constitutional revision if it takes power

(April 24, 2009)

Ruling coalition proposes rules for Diet council to examine draft constitution

(April 23, 2009)

Ruling coalition should set early general election date: JCP Kokuta

(March 31, 2009)

JCP asks other parties to cooperate to summon witnesses over Nishimatsu scandal

(March 28, 2009)

JCP Shii calls for Diet discussion on scandal and dissolution of the Lower House for a general election

(March 28, 2009)

FY 2009 budget bill enacted

(March 25, 2009)

Ozawa must disclose everything about donations he accepted from constructor

(March 25, 2009)

DPJ leader Ozawa’s secretary indicted for illegal donations

(March 25, 2009)

Ichida: ‘Mr. Ozawa must tell the truth about allegations of accepting illegal donations’

(March 25, 2009 )

Osaka legislature rejects governor’s proposal to relocate prefectural office

(March 16, 2009)

Political parties subsidized by government also receive corporate donations

(March 14, 2009)

Nationwide actions held against tax increase

(March 13, 2009)

LDP and DPJ must come clean about acceptance of illegal donations

(March 13, 2009)

DPJ secretary-general says change of power should expedite discussion on constitutional revision

(March 12, 2009)

At issue is international effort to establish effective financial regulation