Japan Press Weekly

  Tonga undersea volcanic eruption provides opportunity for Japan to re-examine its disaster preparedness

Taking the volcanic eruption that happened about 8,000 kilometers away from Japan as an opportunity to conduct research, Japan needs to re-examine its disaster preparedness by analyzing and simulating possible aftermaths of a distant volcanic eruption.

Allowing women to be Emperor is rational from constitutional point of view: JCP Koike

Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira said that allowing women to succeed to the imperial throne is rational in the light of the postwar Constitution.

JCP Inoue: Local suffrage for permanent foreign residents in Japan is not prohibited under Constitution

Inoue said that the top court rules that guaranteeing permanent foreign residents local voting rights is not prohibited under the Constitution, and that only Japan among OECD countries turns its back on local suffrage for foreign nationals residing in Japan.

JCP Inoue: Local suffrage for permanent foreign residents in Japan is not prohibited under Constitution

Allowing women to be Emperor is rational from constitutional point of view: JCP Koike

JCP Koike: Don't think lightly of omicron symptoms

Shii in interpellation pushes PM Kishida to depart from neoliberalism for people-oriented strong economy

JCP Koike in interpellation calls for Japan's TPNW participation, elimination of gender wage gap, and harassment prevention rules

 PM Kishida in Japan-US tele-summit promises unlimited arms buildup

Anti-base All-Okinawa candidate puts up good fight but fails to win Nago mayoral race

 Tonga undersea volcanic eruption provides opportunity for Japan to re-examine its disaster preparedness

Court orders police to delete personal data of innocent man

Japanese gov’t in response to JCP Kami shows its reluctance to respond to UN declaration on indigenous people’s rights

60% of townspeople affected by Fukushima meltdowns intend to 'not return' to the town even after evacuation order is lifted

Pugwash Japan: Japan should sincerely face spirit of TPNW