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Receiving 840K votes, Utsunomiya puts up good fight but fails to win in Tokyo governor race

Utsunomiya Kenji, former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, put up a good fight receiving 844,151 votes (13.8% of the total votes), but failed to win in the Tokyo gubernatorial election held on July 5.

JCP protests the enactment of 'Hong Kong National Security Law' and calls for its withdrawal

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo published a statement in protest against a controversial national security law on Hong Kong which China passed on June 25.

Experts: Planned seawalls for new base in Henoko will probably collapse even with weak quake

A group of geological experts published the results of its analysis indicating that seawalls to be built for a new U.S. base in Okinawa’s Henoko district will most likely collapse even with a weak earthquake.

Ad agency Dentsu pockets taxpayers’ money thanks to cozy ties with METI and COVID-19 subsidy program

Experts: Planned seawalls for new base in Henoko will probably collapse even with weak quake

Shii to gov't: Take immediate action to respond to surge in COVID-19 infection in Tokyo

Shii: UNSC resolution on 'coronavirus ceasefire' is a major step in the right direction

Minister in charge of COVID-19 imposes responsibility for infection prevention on individuals

Shii comments on Tokyo gubernatorial election results

Receiving 840K votes, Utsunomiya puts up good fight but fails to win in Tokyo governor race

Anti-consumption tax group is urging gov’t to cut sales tax as economic stimulus to combat pandemic

US combat training exercises at Yokota AB intensify

US military parachute falls outside Yokota base in Tokyo

JCP Miyamoto urges gov’t to stop reducing numbers of ministry workers dedicated to fighting COVID-19

Teachers’ union urges Tokyo gov’t to support corona-affected private university students

JCP Koike: 400 nurses will resign due to cancellation of their seasonal bonus despite their fight against COVID-19

Fudanren demands gov’t measures that protect women’s rights during COVID-19 crisis

JCP Tamura: Gov’t should abandon coal-fired thermal power generation

Sluggish domestic economy and uncertainty about future become clearer

Hiroshima Hibakusha call for just 12 more countries to ratify and thus bring into force UN anti-nuke treaty

JCP protests the enactment of 'Hong Kong National Security Law' and calls for its withdrawal


JCP EC Chair calls for broad cooperation on single point of opposing cuts in Diet seats Japanese Communist Party Executive Committee Chair Tamura Tomoko (2nd from left in the front) at a ...

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