Shii calls for public to bring down the Abe gov’t at 92nd anniversary of JCP

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on July 15 delivered a speech at the 92nd anniversary meeting of the foundation of the JCP and called on the audience to create a public movement to bring down Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.

Citizens protest against Osprey aircraft flying across Japan

MV-22 Osprey aircraft stationed at the U.S. Futenma base in Okinawa have flown to Eastern Japan for the first time. Local residents severely criticized the flights, saying that MV-22s are defective aircraft with notorious accident records.

Japanese citizens rally to demand halt to Israeli offensive

Japan’s civic groups jointly staged a rally in front of the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo, protesting against the nation’s indiscriminate attacks on Palestine’s Gaza Strip.