JCP calls for withdrawal of Abe cabinet approval of expanding export trade controls against South Korea

With regard to the decision of the Abe Cabinet to remove South Korea from its “white list”, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo issued a statement calling for the withdrawal of the decision.

Political pressure on exhibit of ‘statue of Korean girl’ in Aichi Triennale violates Constitution banning censorship: Koike

Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira said to the press that the JCP will work hard in collaboration with other political parties to block any move to turn Japan into a highly censored nation like prewar Japan.

Antinuke International Meeting calls for making year 2020 turning point toward abolition of nuclear weapons

The International Meeting of the 2019 World Conference against A and H Bombs adopted its Declaration which calls for making the year 2020 a “historic turning point to achieve a nuclear weapon-free, peaceful and just world”.