August 23, 2024

Japan Press Weekly No. 3372

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/

IN THIS ISSUE

JCP and CDPJ agree to 'cooperate and join forces' in next general election

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15352

Japanese Communist Party EC Chair Tamura Tomoko and Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Izumi Kenta agreed to "cooperate and join forces" in the upcoming general election in order to defeat the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

Defense Minister visits Yasukuni Shrine on anniversary of end of WWII https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15350

Prime Minister Kishida on August 15 made cash offerings at Yasukuni Shrine as LDP president, and three Cabinet Ministers, including the Defense Minister, also visited the shrine, the ideological symbol of prewar/wartime Japanese militarism.

Public anger drives PM Kishida to not run for LDP presidency

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15349

JCP Secretariat Head Koike Akira said that Kishida's decision not to run for the LDP presidential election is the result of "being cornered by public anger" over the LDP's cozy ties with the former Unification Church as well as the off-the-book money scandal.

CONTENTS

POLITICS

Public anger drives PM Kishida to not run for LDP presidency

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15349

Defense Minister visits Yasukuni Shrine on anniversary of end of WWII https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15350

LDP lawmaker resigns for allegedly defrauding state-paid secretary's salary

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15351

JCP and CDPJ agree to 'cooperate and join forces' in next general election

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15352

SOCIAL ISSUE

Japanese Military 'Comfort Women' Memorial Day event held in Tokyo

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15353

Anti-nuclear power group in Kagoshima demands shut down of Sendai NPP following Hyuga-nada quake

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15354

PEACE

Japanese and S. Korean religious groups issue joint statement calling for protecting Japan's pacifist Constitution

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15355

JCP

JCP Koike at Gwangbokjeol ceremony calls for removal of system for revocation of permanent residency status

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15356

JCP Kira meets online with Danish youth activist

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15357

Shii sends condolences on death of ex-chief minister of West Bengal

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15358

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