The Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine published a statement criticizing unjust workplace situations of medical workers, who took part in anti-coronavirus activities at government-designated quarantine facilities, as human rights violations.
JCP Chair Shii on a BS Asahi news program said, "Only after other opposition parties become sure about the JCP can we take our discussions one step further and enrich our common ground."
A cross-party Dietmembers' group aiming to adopt a Diet resolution calling for a "climate emergency declaration" was inaugurated and Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira was named a co-representative of this new group.