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  • In EU member nations, domestic laws are applied to US forces stationed there: Okinawa study report

    Former Okinawa Governor Onaga Takeshi used to point out, “The Japan-U.S. SOFA comes before the Japanese Constitution.” The application of domestic laws to the U.S. military in Japan should be the minimal goal.

  • Sex crime victims demand that sex without consent be punished as crime

    An organization which consists of sex crime victims and their supporters submitted a written demand to Justice Minister Yamashita Takashi seeking the implementation of legal provisions to criminalize sex without consent.

  • Shii in Q & A session comments on celebration of coronation of new emperor & emperor system

    The House of Representatives unanimously adopted a message of congratulations on the coronation of the new emperor. At a press conference following the plenary session, JCP Chair Shii Kazuo responded to questions made from the press corps.
  • POLITICS

  • Use of revenues from sales tax hike to 10% to ease financial burden of higher education is inappropriate: JCP Kira
  • US FORCES

  • In EU member nations, domestic laws are applied to US forces stationed there: Okinawa study report
  • LABOR

  • More than 40% of nurses at municipal hospitals experience ‘power harassment’: union survey
  • SOCIAL ISSUES

  • Sex crime victims demand that sex without consent be punished as crime

  • JCP inspects schools accepting foreign children

  • editorial Gov’t should ensure parents access to quality childcare service

  • 10% of company-led childcare centers withdrew from nursery business after receiving state subsidies

  • Foreign Minister expresses his intention to review overseas aid to coal-fired power station projects

  • Teachers’ unions survey reveals exposure of high school students to unjust practices in job-hunting activities
  • ECONOMY

  • Half of small businesses fear possibility of sales slump due to consumption tax hike

  • editorial Gov’t admission of ‘worsening’ economy adds yet another reason to oppose planned consumption tax hike
  • PEACE

  • Calling for nuclear-free world, 2019 nationwide peace march to Hiroshima and Nagasaki starts
  • JCP

  • Shii in Q & A session comments on celebration of coronation of new emperor & emperor system

  • Kasai comments on N. Korea’s ‘projectile’ launches

  • Shii in JCP 6th CC Plenum introduces 3 proposals as pressing tasks


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