Japan Press Weekly

JCP chair criticizes using SDF to inspect North Korean cargo ships

Following U. N. Security Council Resolution 1874 condemning North Korea’s nuclear test, a project team of the ruling parties is calling for a special measures law to allow the Maritime Self-Defense Force to inspect cargo on North Korean ships on the high seas.

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

The government and the ruling parties are expected to approve this week the basic economic policy for 2009. Its main focus will be on a consumption tax increase.

Aso says consumption tax increase is essential for social services

JCP Kokuta says DPJ must come clean about illegal donations

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

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

Revised immigration law violates foreigners’ rights

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

2 trillion yen used to upgrade U.S. military facilities in Japan

JCP: Consensus must precede any decision to amend Organ Transplant Law

JCP in Tokyo publishes proposal to improve services for the elderly

Okinawa remembers victims of Battle of Okinawa

Hibakusha criticize government in recognizing A-bomb diseases

Bill to give agribusiness freedom to use farmland enacted

JCP; Deal with North Korea using non-military and diplomatic means

JCP chair criticizes using SDF to inspect North Korean cargo ships

Experts say ‘anti-piracy’ bill offers no fundamental solution

JCP criticizes government goal for emissions cuts as halfhearted