April 18, 2025

Japan Press Weekly No. 3405

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

IN THIS ISSUE

Yamazoe criticizes Trump's remark that Japan does not bear costs for stationing of US military

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15699

JCP Policy Commission Chair Yamazoe criticized US President Trump's remark that "the US pays hundreds of billions of dollars to defend Japan but Japan does not pay anything" as ignoring the facts.

Expo 2025 association bars Akahata and other media critical of Expo from on-site news-gathering activities https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15700

Media, including newspaper Akahata, which are critical of the "Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai," have been denied access to the Expo site for news-gathering activities by the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition.

Yamazoe questions the amount of trade deficit that US uses as basis for calculating tariff rate on Japan

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15701

JCP lawmaker Yamazoe at a meeting of the House of Councilors Foreign Affairs Committee questioned the amount of U.S. trade deficit with Japan that the US Trump administration uses as a basis for tariff rate calculations on Japan.

POLITICS

JCP Yamazoe: 'Trump tarrifs' violate WTO agreement

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15702

JCP EC Chair Tamura talks with credit bureau executive regarding impacts of Trump tariffs

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15703

Yamazoe questions the amount of trade deficit that US uses as basis for calculating tariff rate on Japan

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15701

JCP Tatsumi calls for enacting law prohibiting harassment

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15704

Yamazoe criticizes Trump's remark that Japan does not bear costs for stationing of US military

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15699

Law on teachers' working conditions should be revised to eliminate excessively long working hours

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15705

21 JCP candidates win assembly seats in 11 cities and 8 towns

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15706

SOCIAL ISSUE

Expo 2025 association bars Akahata and other media critical of Expo from on-site news-gathering activities https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15700

JCP Koike calls on geriatric neurosurgeons to speak out for an increase in funding for health care for elderly

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15707

Osaka JCP protests against forced opening of Expo 2025

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15708

JCP

JCP Kira and Kasai talk with Cuban ambassador

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15709

JCP Kira and Kasai talk with Kazakh ambassador https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=15710

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