Judo coach’s physical assault of female athletes is a warning to entire Japanese sporting world

Japan’s top female judoists accused their head coach and other coaching staff of physical violence and submitted their petition to the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), courageously raising the problem of abuse not only judo but the entire Japanese sporting world.

Residents’ protest forces closing of SDF training site

The Self-Defense Forces’ helicopters training field will be closed without conducting a single training exercise in Tahara City, Aichi Prefecture. This was brought about by a 10-year-long struggle made by local residents, environmental and peace organizations, and the Japanese Communist Party.

Liberalizing online election campaign is commonsense move: JCP Ichida

Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Ichida Tadayoshi told reporters that it is a matter of course to lift the ban on the use of the Internet in election campaigns.