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  • Up to 72% of votes wasted in 2012 national election

    In the Lower House election last December, the ratio of wasted votes to total votes in a single-seat district reached as high as 72.23%, indicating that the single-seat constituency system fails to properly reflect public opinion.

  • Survey on city workers’ political thoughts is unfair labor practice: labor board

    The Osaka Labor Relations Commission acknowledged that a survey on political thoughts of all the public workers of Osaka City had constituted a case of unfair labor practice.

  • Give up nuclear fuel recycling plan: JCP Shiokawa

    It has come to light that Japan has a total of 44 tons of plutonium in and outside of the country, the largest amount among non-nuclear nations..

  • POLITICS
  • Diet debate begins on bill to implement national ID system

  • Strict requirements for constitutional revision make international common sense: jurist

  • Space development to be focused on military purposes

  • US FORCES
  • Citizens protest integration of Japan-US forces

  • JCP protests against US cluster bombing exercise in Okinawa

  • Iraq war was unjust war of aggression: Shii

  • Japan and US to draw up joint military plan in case of Senkaku emergency

  • Gov’t submits request to reclaim sea area off Henoko

  • LABOR
  • PM shows positive stance to liberalize dismissals

  • SDF
  • 26 SDF members killed themselves after returning from Iraq

  • ECONOMY
  • Companies gravitate to local demands overseas

  • WELFARE
  • Welfare minister wants Tokyo to build more certified child-care centers

  • Give tax credits to all mother-child households: JCP

  • NUCLEAR CRISIS
  • Give up nuclear fuel recycling plan: JCP Shiokawa

  • Rat is cause of blackout at Fukushima nuclear power plant

  • ELECTION
  • Up to 72% of votes wasted in 2012 national election

  • Court nullifies national election results for the first time

  • AGRICULTURE
  • TPP will reduce the number of Hokkaido farmers by half

  • Ex-aide of LDP brass disagrees with joining TPP

  • CIVIL RIGHTS
  • Survey on city workers’ political thoughts is unfair labor practice: labor board



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