Alarm at business-led agriculture and massive food imports

At a symposium held by the National Coalition of Workers, Farmers and Consumers for Safe Food and Health in Japan (Shokkenren) in Tokyo, a participant said, “Farmers are not to blame for giving up farming, as they cannot live on farming income alone. Their abandonment shows that the government policy has failed.”

Bilateral ‘secret agreement’ is preventing U.S. servicemen committing crimes in Japan from being prosecuted

Japan’s prosecutors have dropped most crime cases committed by U.S. military personnel and their dependents in Japan, according to a Justice Ministry document which the Japan Peace Committee obtained recently based on the Freedom of Information Act.

JCP Chair Shii protests North Korea’s nuclear test

It is unacceptable that North Korea unilaterally broke its promise to the world because of its disagreement with the April statement of the UNSC president condemning North Korea’s rocket launch.