New Japan Women's Association celebrates its 40th anniversary

The New Japan Women's Association, Japan's largest progressive women's organization with a membership of 200,000, on October 19 observed its 40th founding anniversary.

On October 18, the organization held a reception to mark the anniversary in a Tokyo hotel.

At the reception, NJWA President Inoue Miyo addressed the 400 participants representing various popular movements. Looking back on the organization's 40-year history that has been devoted to women's rights and democratic demands, she expressed the resolve to further develop activities for the right to live in a world without war.

Ichida Tadayoshi, Japanese Communist Party Secretariat head, called for common efforts to create "a society in which all men and women can contribute to social progress, and in particular to allowing the Japanese Constitution act as a guide." (end)