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							Hibakusha protest against Trump's decision to pull out of INF Treaty Five Nagasaki Hibakusha organizations published a letter of protest addressed to U.S. President Donald Trump after he announced his intention to pull out of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty. 
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							JCP Chair speaks of JCP on online news site JCP Chair Shii on an online news site spoke on topics ranging from the outlook on a coalition government to the Japan-U.S. alliance, the Self-Defense Forces, the JCP stance on the imperial system, and the relationships with North Korea and China. 
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							 Abe’s policy speech completely dodges scandals both new and old Abe’s policy speech completely dodges scandals both new and oldPM Abe in his policy speech did not say a word about his and his wife’s alleged involvement in the “Moritomo” and “Kake” favoritism scandals as well as about a series of money scandals that surfaced among members of his reshuffled Cabinet. 
- POLITICS
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							 Abe’s policy speech completely dodges scandals both new and old Abe’s policy speech completely dodges scandals both new and old
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							Anti-Abe government tide rising in local politics 
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							Professor: Defense Ministry unjustly uses law in order to keep Henoko project going 
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							Shii criticizes PM Abe’s appeal for constitutional revision as outrageous interference in Diet steering 
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							Ordinance bill to hold prefectural referendum over Henoko base project approved 
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							House steering committee chair proposes to cut opposition lawmakers’ question time in general interpellation 
- US FORCES
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							Heads of 9 universities in Okinawa demand that US military aircraft stop flying over their campuses 
- LABOR
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							Nationwide organization of coastal fishermen in pole-and-line and longline fisheries formed 
- SOCIAL ISSUES
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							Naka City mayor voices objection to restart of Tokai Daini NPP 
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							JCP to METI: Don’t discharge radioactive Fukushima water into ocean 
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							Agricultural newspaper’s survey finds 73% of its monitors do not support Abe’s farm policy 
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							Leaders of Japanese farmers' and fishermen's movements meets FAO Japan head 
- PEACE
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							Hibakusha protest against Trump's decision to pull out of INF Treaty 
- JCP
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							JCP Chair speaks of JCP on online news site 
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							JCP does not attend gov't-hosted ceremony praising prewar Japan 
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							This week’s JCP international activities 
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							JCP Vice Chair speaks at ICAPP assembly 
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							‘JCP supporters’ festival takes place 
