Japan Press Weekly

Japan gov't defends sexist head of Tokyo Games

The Japanese government's and the ruling Liberal Democratic Paty's lack of awareness of the importance of gender equality has been put on full display.

JCP demands that extension of state of emergency be accompanied by adequate relief

Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira said that Prime Minister Suga should provide up-to-date information and financial support in order to alleviate people’s anxieties caused by the prolonged pandemic situation.

Shii: PM Suga should be accountable for his son’s wining/dining scandal

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo said that PM Suga has a responsibility to disclose the truth behind a scandal in which his eldest son, who works at a company providing satellite broadcasting, wined and dined Communication Ministry bureaucrats.

Shii: PM Suga should be accountable for his son’s wining/dining scandal

JCP demands that extension of state of emergency be accompanied by adequate relief

Guilty ruling finalized for vote-buying case of ex-LDP lawmaker Kawai Anri

COVID-related laws with penalty provisions enacted

Civil Alliance calls on JCP to move forward to initiate change of government

PM Suga received Y4 mil donation from founder of media firm where his son works

PM Suga steps into his predecessor’s shoes on ‘northern territories’ issue

US live-fire drills burn hundreds of hectares of land at World Heritage site, Mt. Fuji

Japan gov't defends sexist head of Tokyo Games

Outsourcing of caseworkers' jobs contributory factor in rise of human rights abuses

Gov’t ‘green growth strategy’ will not work to promote use of renewables

 Tokyo Games' head Mori looks down on women