All 5 JCP candidates win in Oshu City election in Iwate

The Japanese Communist Party on March 9 increased its seats by one to a total of five in the Oshu City Assembly election in Iwate Prefecture, which is known as a conservative stronghold. The JCP now comprises about 18% of this 28-seat assembly.

Citizens join nationwide actions for withdrawal from nuclear energy

Calling for a no nuclear Japan, on March 9, two days before the third anniversary of the Great East Japan Disaster, 32,000 citizens surrounded the Diet building.

3.11 disaster victims still stuck in temporary housing

Three years have passed since a devastating tsunami and earthquake hit Japan’s Tohoku region on March 11. 97,000 disaster victims are still living in temporary housing units for various reasons.