Japan Press Weekly

  Media must remember its basics of ‘not taking up pens or cameras, not turning on rotary presses for war’

Near Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park stands a monument which is designed in the shape of the letter “P,” representing the initials of peace, press, and pen. It marks the spot where newspaper workers died in the U.S. atomic bombing on August 6, 1945.

  Is Fukushima nuclear disaster a done deal for gov’t and power companies?

On the premises of the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant are more than 1,000 storage tanks filled with contaminated water treated with a multi-nuclide removal system.

Family farmers call on gov’t to recognize extreme heat and drought as disaster

The average temperature in Japan in both June and July was the highest on record, inflicting damage on agricultural products. Farmers are calling for the strengthening of government support.

Family farmers call on gov’t to recognize extreme heat and drought as disaster

JCP Hatayama, ex-Lower House member, attends rally calling for return of ‘northern territories’

Citizens opposing genocide in Gaza call for withdrawal of gov’t endorsement of ‘Cybertech Tokyo 2025’ exhibition

JCP Chiba urges gov’t to cancel Japan-Australia joint military drills

Local network demands withdrawal of plan to deploy domestic long-range missiles to Kumamoto

Is Fukushima nuclear disaster a done deal for gov’t and power companies?

Zenshoren urges gov’t to instruct prime contractors to pay subcontractors for their work on Expo pavilions

JCP Koike attends memorial service for Korean/Chinese victims of 1923 massacre

Media must remember its basics of ‘not taking up pens or cameras, not turning on rotary presses for war’