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November 19, 2010
No. 2695
Japan Press Weekly
November 10 - November 16
IN THIS ISSUE
SDF medics dispatched to Afghanistan may pave way to sending SDF combatants
The DPJ-led government plans to send about 10 Self-Defense Force doctors and nurses to Afghanistan by the end of this year. There is a concern that a military unit will also be dispatched in the name of guarding the SDF medical unit.
COP10 host nation shuts eyes to corporate destruction of environment
Japanese Communist Party representative Ichida Tadayoshi at a November 11 Upper House Environment Committee meeting criticized the government for neglecting Toyota’s development of facilities on an environmentally-rich area, contradicting the pledge Japan expressed at the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10).
Iha runs for Okinawan governor to block US base construction
Iha Yoichi, a firm opponent of the new U.S. base construction in Okinawa, is running in Okinawa’s gubernatorial election with the support of the Japanese Communist, Social Democratic, and Okinawa Social Mass parties. Akahata runs an interview with Iha who calls for a base-free Okinawa in his election campaign.
POLITICS
* Defense minister denies policy of arms embargo
* 4.4 billion yen in subsidies to political parties unused
US FORCES
50 years of Japan-U.S. Alliance
* Japan-U.S. alliance and SDF - Part VIII
SDF
* Lower House committee approves ACSA with Australia
* SDF medics dispatched to Afghanistan may pave way to sending SDF combatants
APEC
* Joint statement for deeper Japan-US alliance not made
* APEC Japan 2010, the TPP accelerator
* Anti-free trade protest takes place outside APEC meetings
AGRICULTURE
* JCP protests against Japan’s entry into TPP negotiations
* Rally of 3,000 held to block Japan’s entry into TPP
* Eight prefectural assemblies object to Japan’s entry into TPP talks
TERRITORIAL ISSUE
* Shii gives gov’t suggestion to solve Japan-Russia territorial question
* Government should have disclosed Senkaku footage on its own account:Shii
OKINAWA
* DPJ changes position since previous Okinawa gubernatorial election
* Iha runs for Okinawan governor to block US base construction
LABOR
* Animation designer files lawsuit over dismissal
* Regulate downsizing of large manufacturers: Kokuta
ENVIRONMENT
* COP10 host nation shuts eyes to corporate destruction of environment
JCP
* JCP-CPV theoretical exchange meeting ends
* JCP Chair Shii talks with CPV Politburo member Rua
* JCP to endeavor to establish true friendship with South Korea: Ichida
