JCP Chair Shii comments on Abe’s shrine visit

Japanese Communist Party Executive Chairperson Shii Kazuo on December 26 spoke at a press conference held in the Diet regarding Prime Minister Abe’s visit to the Yasukuni Shrine.

Komei works as accelerator of runaway LDP policies

Contrary to its pledge to become a “brake” on Prime Minister Abe’s administration in the Upper House election in summer, the Komei Party, the coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, is now fueling the Abe Cabinet’s runaway policies.

JCP works to grill Tokyo governor about money scandal

Using its stronger presence in the assembly, the Japanese Communist Party in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly has made a significant contribution to bringing to light the allegation that Governor Inose Naoki accepted an illegal political donation.

JCP opposes government’s new defense policies

The new policies would infringe more violently on the constitutional principle of peace as well as promote a military buildup and the SDF’s overseas deployment in order to create a nation capable of fighting wars abroad, JCP Secretariat Head Ichida said.