July 17, 2026

Japan Press Weekly No. 3467

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IN THIS ISSUE

Ruling coalition gives up on passing bill to reduce number of Lower House seats during current Diet session

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16376

Japanese Communist Party Executive Committee Chair Tamura Tomoko stated, "Heeding the voices of the general public, we in the opposition will continue to unite and do our utmost until this bill is completely withdrawn."

JCP Shiokawa: 'Why is a female emperor unacceptable?'

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16377

JCP lawmaker Shiokawa Tetsuya brought up the government-proposed amendment to the Imperial House Law, which sticks to the imperial succession through male-line males as an "ironclad principle", asking, "Why not a woman?"

US military in US-ruled Okinawa after WWII regulated prostitution through 'A-Sign' system

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16378

Immediately after the war, the Okinawan civilian government under U.S.

military rule chose to turn a blind eye to the establishment of a red-light district that exploited women living in poverty.

CONTENTS

POLITICS

Takaichi gov't's growth strategy puts military before people's livelihoods

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16379

MSDF's participation in US-led multilateral sinking drill departs from Japan's exclusively defense-oriented posture https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16380

Ruling coalition gives up on passing bill to reduce number of Lower House seats during current Diet session

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16376

JCP Daimon opposes introduction of US AI system into SDF

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16381

Proposed revision enacted despite posing risk of AI-driven personal data breaches

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16382

LABOR

Rally to support Vietnamese trainees' fight against unfair dismissals held in Gifu

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16383

SOCIAL ISSUE

Opposition parties, including JCP, jointly submit 'air-raid victims relief bill' to Upper House

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16384

US military in US-ruled Okinawa after WWII regulated prostitution through 'A-Sign' system

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16378

JCP jointly with other opposition parties submit bill to fully relieve all Minamata-disease victims

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16385

JCP Shiokawa: 'Why is a female emperor unacceptable?'

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16377

JCP

Ogata speaks at general assembly of the Left in European Parliament

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16386

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