Japan Press Weekly

One in every four workers falls into the poor

The number of workers with an annual income of less than two million yen reached 10.9 million, 324,000 up from 2008 and exceeded 10 million for the fourth year in row, according to survey results on private sector workers’ wages issued by the National Tax Agency on September 28.

Ozawa will be indicted

The Committee for the Inquest of Prosecution on October 4 again judged that former secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan Ozawa Ichiro should be indicted over his political funds scandal. According to this decision made by the 11 committee members, Ozawa will be prosecuted.

Japan must assert its claim to the Senkaku Islands: JCP

The Japanese Communist Party on October 4 issued a statement entitled, “Japan’s possession of Senkaku Islands is legitimate based on history and international law - Japanese government must assert its legitimate rights to the islands.”

DPJ and LDP used huge amount of tax money for media blitz

Kan Cabinet’s ‘policy contest’ to limit popular requests

Shii calls for Diet discussions based on the Party Program

Ozawa will be indicted

Japan bears \700 billion in costs for US military in Japan

Court again rules on NTT West’s unfair labor practice

One in every four workers falls into the poor

 Denuclearization of Middle East: step toward a world without nuclear weapons

JCP lawmaker meets with Pingdingshan massacre survivors

Hospitals want 24,000 more doctors

 Can’t Kan hear people’s criticism?

What breeds prosecutors’ collective cover-up of tampering with data?

Japan must assert its claim to the Senkaku Islands: JCP

Okinawa adopts resolution in protest against Senkaku dispute

Exchange between residents of China and Japan - Akahata ‘current’ column

Kasai: Gov’t must insist internationally on Japan’s sovereignty over Senkaku Islands