Shii calls for head-on confrontation with Abe gov’t in convened Diet session

The 192nd extraordinary session of the Diet convened on September 26. Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo called on all JCP lawmakers to face up to the Abe government’s runaway policies.

Opposition party leaders agree to cooperate ‘as much as possible’ in general election

JCP Chair Shii Kazuo and other opposition party leaders have confirmed that they will cooperate “as much as possible” in the next general election to confront the Abe government based on the agreements made among the four party heads earlier this year.

Okinawans demand court injunction against construction of US helipads

A group of 33 local residents in Okinawa filed a lawsuit with the Naha District Court seeking an injunction to suspend the construction work of U.S. military helipads in the mountainous Takae district of Higashi Village.