Unified opposition candidates to be put up in 17 single-seat districts in upcoming Upper House election

JCP Secretariat Head Koike announced that the JCP will withdraw its candidates in selected districts and work hard for a victory of unified opposition candidates in 17 single-seat constituencies.

Hibakusha angry at President Trump likening US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites to 1945 A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Japanese A-bomb survivors voiced their outrage over U.S. President Trump’s remarks equating the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities with the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Shii talks with Iranian ambassador

JCP Central Committee Chair Shii received a visit from Iranian Ambassador to Japan Peiman Seadat at the JCP head office in Tokyo, and exchanged views on the situation associated with military attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel.