An urgent rally protesting against the crash of a U.S. MV-22 Osprey into the shallow water off Nago City in Okinawa took place in front of the main gate of U.S. Camp Schwab in the city’s Henoko district.
Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo published a comment on the summit meeting between PM Abe and Russian President Putin, criticizing Abe’s ‘new approach’ to the territorial dispute with Russia.
Representatives of the three opposition parties and an Okinawa-elected Dietmember will for the first time attend the Japanese Communist Party Congress in January 2017.