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Japan Press Weekly No. 2790
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October 26, 2012
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IN THIS ISSUE
Shii requests Obama to remove all US bases from Japan
http://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=4325
Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, protesting against the rape of a Japanese woman by U.S. navy soldiers in Okinawa, and demanded the withdrawal of all U.S. bases from Japan.
JCP Kasai meets ex-‘comfort women’ in Korea
http://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=4326
Japanese Communist Party House of Representatives member Kasai Akira visited the “House of Sharing” in Gwangiu-si in Gyunggi-do, a home for the living ex-“comfort women” who had been forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII.
Court nullifies dismissal of man who asked for protection from secondhand smoke
http://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=4327
The plaintiff’s lawyer stressed that the court ruling clearly pointed to employers’ responsibility to give consideration to safety regarding exposure to secondhand smoke.
POLITICS
*DPJ, LDP, and Komei use extra Diet session to further their interests without regard for public concerns
*Nippon Ishin no Kai faces sluggish growth in party power
*Supreme Court judges voting inequalities as unconstitutional
*7 opposition parties call for Diet debate and a snap election
*Shii explains to PM way to solve Senkaku, US rape, Osprey issues
US FORCES
*US Congress warned possible increase in soldiers’ crimes in Okinawa
*Okinawans’ anger flares up against US soldiers’ assault
*Angry protests against rape by US soldiers continue
*Shii requests Obama to remove all US bases from Japan
GREAT EAST JAPAN DISASTER
*Examples of diversion of post-disaster recovery funds
*80% of disaster-recovery fund given to major firms
LABOR
*Transport workers union calls for safer and better working conditions
*Court nullifies dismissal of man who asked for protection from secondhand smoke
WELL-BEING
*People with disabilities unavoidably dependent on their parents
*Give relief to all patients: intractable disease sufferers
AGRICULTURE
*98% in public opinion poll oppose deregulation on US beef imports
TOKYO
*Tokyo governor: lawsuit over excessive US base noise is just egoism of residents
*JCP in Tokyo Assembly contributes to increasing transparent use of public funds
HISTORY
*JCP Kasai meets ex-‘comfort women in Korea
WOMEN
*Japan’s largest women’s group marks 50th anniversary
CVIL RIGHTS
*Osaka Ishin no Kai seeks tighter restrictions on prefectural government workers’ political activities
ENVIRONMENT
*Small hydropower generation receives attention
ARTS&SPORTS
*Diet passes 1st petition for increase in culture budget
Japan Press Weekly No. 2790
http://www.japan-press.co.jp/
October 26, 2012
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IN THIS ISSUE
Shii requests Obama to remove all US bases from Japan
http://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=4325
Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, protesting against the rape of a Japanese woman by U.S. navy soldiers in Okinawa, and demanded the withdrawal of all U.S. bases from Japan.
JCP Kasai meets ex-‘comfort women’ in Korea
http://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=4326
Japanese Communist Party House of Representatives member Kasai Akira visited the “House of Sharing” in Gwangiu-si in Gyunggi-do, a home for the living ex-“comfort women” who had been forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII.
Court nullifies dismissal of man who asked for protection from secondhand smoke
http://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=4327
The plaintiff’s lawyer stressed that the court ruling clearly pointed to employers’ responsibility to give consideration to safety regarding exposure to secondhand smoke.
POLITICS
*DPJ, LDP, and Komei use extra Diet session to further their interests without regard for public concerns
*Nippon Ishin no Kai faces sluggish growth in party power
*Supreme Court judges voting inequalities as unconstitutional
*7 opposition parties call for Diet debate and a snap election
*Shii explains to PM way to solve Senkaku, US rape, Osprey issues
US FORCES
*US Congress warned possible increase in soldiers’ crimes in Okinawa
*Okinawans’ anger flares up against US soldiers’ assault
*Angry protests against rape by US soldiers continue
*Shii requests Obama to remove all US bases from Japan
GREAT EAST JAPAN DISASTER
*Examples of diversion of post-disaster recovery funds
*80% of disaster-recovery fund given to major firms
LABOR
*Transport workers union calls for safer and better working conditions
*Court nullifies dismissal of man who asked for protection from secondhand smoke
WELL-BEING
*People with disabilities unavoidably dependent on their parents
*Give relief to all patients: intractable disease sufferers
AGRICULTURE
*98% in public opinion poll oppose deregulation on US beef imports
TOKYO
*Tokyo governor: lawsuit over excessive US base noise is just egoism of residents
*JCP in Tokyo Assembly contributes to increasing transparent use of public funds
HISTORY
*JCP Kasai meets ex-‘comfort women in Korea
WOMEN
*Japan’s largest women’s group marks 50th anniversary
CVIL RIGHTS
*Osaka Ishin no Kai seeks tighter restrictions on prefectural government workers’ political activities
ENVIRONMENT
*Small hydropower generation receives attention
ARTS&SPORTS
*Diet passes 1st petition for increase in culture budget
