Japan Press Weekly

Citizens protest enforcement of war laws

On the day before the national security legislation came into effect on March 29, many citizens raised voices in protest around the Diet building in Tokyo.

  Terror attacks are unpardonable barbarous acts

A series of terrorist attacks hit the Belgian capital of Brussels. The Japanese Communist Party condemns the indiscriminant killing of ordinary citizens and extends its heartfelt condolences to families of the victims.

JCP Yamashita: Take JCP off list of subversive groups

Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Yamashita Yoshiki at a press conference demanded that the government take the JCP off the list of groups subject to undercover surveillance.

JCP Yamashita: Take JCP off list of subversive groups

Citizens protest enforcement of war laws

Eligibility investigations under secrets protection law will promote discrimination against people with mental illnesses

Opposition alliance proposes measures to increase childcare workers’ wages

Tokyo & Okinawa resume negotiations on US base construction issue

Large corporations’ restructuring scheme using state subsidies is unacceptable: JCP Koike

JCP Nihi calls for withdrawal of gov’t plan to mobilize commercial vessels in emergency situations

Osaka Ishin favors constitutional revision

JCP Kami: Crimes won’t be eliminated as long as US bases remain in Japan

US soldier accidentally parachutes onto private land

After union’s 40-year-long efforts, animation studio contract staff win worker status under Labor Standards Law

More than \100,000 in annual wages of part-timers might not be calculated at 7-Elevens

Court invalidates IBM Japan’s dismissals of union workers

63 people died due to delays in seeking treatment at hospitals because of poverty

Rally for better scholarship program joined by both opposition and ruling party lawmakers

Ikata No.1 reactor to be decommissioned

Ex-Osaka Mayor Hashimoto’s survey of workers’ beliefs and affiliations is unconstitutional: high court

35,000 people take part in ‘No Nukes Day’ action

Welfare Ministry intends to make childcare centers accept children beyond their capacity

JCP urges gov’t-funded bank to not finance Indonesian project that is causing human rights violations

 Abe should acknowledge failure of ‘Abenomics’ and cancel consumption tax hike plan

 Terror attacks are unpardonable barbarous acts

Nation unwilling to establish good relations with its neighbors will be left behind