Japan Press Weekly

Uruma residents protest against forced landing of US military aircraft

A rally in protest against the emergency landing of a U.S. military helicopter on Tsuken-jima Island in Okinawa's Uruma City took place at a park in the city.

JCP Koike: Tax the rich to redress increase in economic disparities during pandemic

Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira at a House of Councilors committee meeting demanded that a fair share of income tax be levied on the wealthy in order to redress the growing economic disparities under the COVID-19 pandemic.

Koganei City Assembly in Tokyo: Summer Games should be cancelled

The Koganei City Assembly in Tokyo 3 adopted a statement demanding the cancellation of the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games by the majority vote of assemblypersons, including Japanese Communist Party members.

Ex-METI minister under investigation over his vote-buying scandal resigns as lawmaker

Amid pandemic, bill to impose on elderly heavier medical burdens forcibly enacted

Koganei City Assembly in Tokyo: Summer Games should be cancelled

JCP Koike: Tax the rich to redress increase in economic disparities during pandemic

US military copter makes emergency landing on island in Okinawa

Uruma residents protest against forced landing of US military aircraft

Parents of Toyota worker who committed suicide after workplace harassment win out-of-court settlement

88K signatures calling for Japan's ratification of OPCEDAW submitted to Diet

 Utilize lessons from past pyroclastic flows to strengthen measures relating to active volcanoes

Effectiveness of Tokyo Games playbook doubtful