JCP Chair Shii said, "It is unacceptable if PM Suga imposes on the Japanese people 'support' gained from G7 leaders for the holding of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics."
A revised law on national referendums concerning constitutional amendments was enacted in the House of Councilors plenary session. The Japanese Communist Party voted against the revision bill.
A male worker at an ex-Sony subsidiary in Miyagi Prefecture has joined a union to fight for the withdrawal of his transfer to a company office in Tochigi Prefecture, 220 kilometers away from Miyagi.