Canon says it no longer uses temporary workers at its manufacturing workplaces

After inspecting a Canon plant in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo said, “In our parliamentary and extra parliamentary struggle, we will continue to do our utmost to strengthen our movement to have companies employ contingent workers as full- time workers.”

JCP welcomes North Korea’s declaration of nuclear programs

Commenting on North Korea’s declaration, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo said, “The JCP welcomes this move as a step forward toward making the Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons, based on the agreement reached in October 2007 at the six-party talks. The JCP strongly hopes that this process will help North Korea abandon its nuclear weapons program.”

JCP proposes 3 changes Japan should make to prevent global warming

With the Group of Eight (G8) Summit set to open on July 7 in Toyako in Hokkaido, the Japanese Communist Party on June 25 issued a statement, “How should Japan fulfill its international responsibility to stop global warming?”