Japan Press Weekly
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World
Japan’s seniors call for communities to prevent loneliness
September 24, 2013A coordinator of the symposium stressed the importance of a movement to build communities to help each other in dealing with difficulties facing the elderly people on a daily basis.
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Peace
A-bomb survivors to hold exhibit in NYC in May
March 31, 2010Atomic bomb survivors from Nagasaki and Hiroshima, known as Hibakusha, will go to New York on the occasion of the NPT Review Conference in May and hold an A-bomb exhibition at the United Nations.
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World
Myth of auto-giant Toyota
March 31, 2010Behind the recall is the "maximum rate of profit" law of capitalist production, Japan's Akahata newspaper exposes.
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Opinion
The background behind Toyota recall
February 12, 2010The underlying cause, says a Japanese labor researcher, is the company's stress on "low cost" in pursuit of high profits, at the expense of its workers and consumer safety.
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World
Japan elections: JCP as ‘constructive opposition party’ gains support
August 30, 2009At a news conference on August 24 in Nagano City, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo made the following comments at the present stage of the election campaign:
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Opinion
OPINION: Radical change is required to get out of Japan’s minus growth of 12.7%
February 23, 2009Japan's real GDP growth rate fell at an annual rate of 12.7 percent in the 4th quarter of 2008. Its total exports fell at the sharpest pace on record. Capital investment and personal consumption also declined.
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