Japan Press Weekly

US military personnel in Japan enjoy ‘SOFA-protected’ driving privileges

U.S. military personnel, civilian personnel, or their families are given special driving privileges, including a huge tax break for their private cars, thanks to the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).

67% of ‘runaway’ foreign trainees paid less than Japan’s minimum wage

Sixty-seven percent of “runaway” foreign trainees were paid below Japan’s minimum wage, parliamentarians of opposition parties, including the Japanese Communist Party, made public at a press conference in the Diet building.

  COP24 tasked with creating rules to achieve Paris climate goals

The main item on the agenda of COP24 is to build a consensus regarding rules needed for the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Member nations need to make serious efforts to uphold and promote the framework of the Paris Agreement.

Okinawa to hold prefectural referendum over Henoko base project in February 2019

 LDP depends on political donations from corporations more than ever

SDF-US military integration promoted in Saitama

Defense Ministry creates war scenario estimating survival rate of SDF personnel at 30%

US military personnel in Japan enjoy ‘SOFA-protected’ driving privileges

67% of ‘runaway’ foreign trainees paid less than Japan’s minimum wage

Rookie nurse’s suicide recognized as caused from overwork

 COP24 tasked with creating rules to achieve Paris climate goals

Residents of 2011 nuclear crisis-hit town sue utility and gov't

Ghosn’s arrest brings Japan’s criminal justice system to attention of foreign media

High-ranking S. Korean official visits memorial of prewar Japanese lawyer

Korean top court orders Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to pay damages to wartime forced laborers

JCP Inoue criticizes Japan-sponsored UN resolution for accepting delay in abolition of nuclear weapons

JCP closely connected with general public: JCP financial report

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