JCP Urges DPRK to Cancel “Rocket” Launch Plan - the DPRK should comply with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and go back to the Six-Party Talks joint statement

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo published a statement, urging the DPRK to cancel its "rocket" launch plan.

Osaka City mayor Hashimoto harms local arts and cultures

Osaka City Mayor Hashimoto Toru is creating a dictatorship in Osaka by scrutinizing public workers’ political beliefs and intimidating public school teachers into silence. He is even attempting to destroy Osaka’s cultural assets.

Relief will occur when livelihoods and jobs are restored

One year has passed since the Great East Japan Disaster. We will increase our efforts so that the several hundred thousand victims of the great earthquake and the nuclear accident and those who are living in temporary housing can have their jobs and livelihoods restored as early as possible.