Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo criticized the Japanese government’s negative stance toward the AIIB as narrow in outlook and overly subservient to the United States.
Okinawa Governor Onaga Takeshi conveyed Okinawans’ strong opposition to a new U.S. base construction in the prefecture’s Henoko district to Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide in their meeting in Naha City.
The latest screenings of junior high school history textbooks conducted by the education ministry directly reflect Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s desire to strengthen the government’s control over school textbooks.