Japan Press Weekly

  Japan must stop seeking short-term profits and help to ease poverty in Africa

The government must abandon calculation that seeks short-term profits while serving large corporations, and instead must make all-out efforts to ease poverty in Africa.

  Focus on effective global cooperation to overcome food crisis

For stable food prices, it is essential to restrict the speculative funds and profit-seeking activities by a handful of multinational corporations.

  Recognize Hibakusha’s illnesses as linked to exposure to atomic bomb radiation

The government must take a hard look at the damage from the A-bomb radiation exposure, and begin addressing the task of completely settling the lawsuits and fundamentally reviewing the standards for recognition of A-bombed diseases.

Establish dugong sanctuary and cancel new U.S. air base plan: JCP Ichida

Under U.S. aircraft’s combat exercises

U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk leaves Yokosuka to be replaced by N-powered carrier

Civic organizations urge government to reject deployment of U.S. nuclear carrier to Yokosuka

U.S. sailor and Japanese government brought before court for taxi holdup

A U.S. sailor arrested for inflicting injury on a man

JCP Shii holds talks with union leaders over revision of the Worker Dispatch Law

Public service employees’ system ‘reform’ bill sent to Upper House

Public employee demands Tokyo Metropolitan Government pay for overtime work in back pay

Zenroren urges government to end heartless policy for the elderly, youth, and workers

Unions submit 410,000 signatures to opposition parties calling for Article 9 to be retained

Shii rebukes Fukuda’s call for force deployment to Afghanistan

 Japan must stop seeking short-term profits and help to ease poverty in Africa

 Drive pro-cluster bomb states into corner

JCP sends money to Myanmar cyclone victims

JCP delivers money for Chinese quake victims

 Recognize Hibakusha’s illnesses as linked to exposure to atomic bomb radiation

Hibakusha in Sendai also win in appeal court

Hibakusha demand government not appeal to final court

Osaka High Court says state’s rejection of Hibakusha applications for recognition as suffering from A-bomb diseases is illegal

 Focus on effective global cooperation to overcome food crisis

U.S. puts ‘pressures’ on Japan regarding usage of imported rice

Increasing rice production must include price support: Ichida

JCP urges government to set a mid-term goal to cut greenhouse gases

‘Save health, atmosphere, and earth’: Day of anti-pollution action

International forum held for solidarity to establish food sovereignty and stop global warming