Japan Press Weekly

JCP Inoue urges gov’t to put stop to US military’s low-altitude flight drills over central Tokyo

JCP lawmaker Inoue Satoshi criticized the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement for working as a mechanism to enable such dangerous flight training exercises and demanded the SOFA revision.

JCP Kurabayashi: Gov’t should boost pace and scale of COVID-19 testing to stop 4th wave of infections

JCP Kurabayashi said that the current testing strategy is insufficient to deal with the spread of variant COVID-19 strains and surges as seen in the Kansai region, demanding that the pace and scale of testing capacity be increased to block a possible 4th wave.

JCP demands cancellation of gov’t plan to construct amusement facilities on US base in Okinawa

JCP lawmaker Inoue Satoshi at a House of Councilors meeting grilled the Defense Ministry about its plan to use Japanese taxpayers’ money for the construction of a bowling alley and a dance hall at U.S. Camp Schwab in Okinawa’s Nago City.

JCP demands cancellation of gov’t plan to construct amusement facilities on US base in Okinawa

United opposition candidate elected as suburban city mayor in Tokyo

JCP Kurabayashi: Gov’t should boost pace and scale of COVID-19 testing to stop 4th wave of infections

JCP Inoue urges gov’t to put stop to US military’s low-altitude flight drills over central Tokyo

Toshiba subsidiary worker’s suicide recognized as work-related

Japan ranks 120th in Gender Gap Index 2021

Long-held demand by parents and teachers for a maximum 35-pupil class size fulfilled

LGBT-rights group asks for JCP’s cooperation to establish LGBT equality legislation

More than 30% of all municipal assemblies call for Japan's participation in UN treaty banning N-weapons

Shii: China’s human-rights abuses should be criticized in line with international human rights accords

Shii talks with new French ambassador to Japan

JCP Vice Chair Ogata talks with Cuban ambassador