Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo commented on an allegation of sexual harassment of female journalists by House of Representatives Speaker Hosoda Hiroyuki, saying, “This is a serious problem. Hosoda should be held accountable.”
Atomic-bomb survivors (Hibakusha) in Nagasaki Prefecture established a group to work to increase the number of signatories, including Japan, to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Cross-party Dietmembers submitted to the Ministry of Health and Welfare a written demand calling for an increase in the state budget to strengthen the support system for women who are suffering from sexual abuse, domestic violence, and/or poverty.
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