Daily Akahata wins journalism award for scoop on PM Suga's intervention in Science Council of Japan

Akahata won a JCJ Award for the second consecutive year following another scoop and follow-up reports by the Akahata Sunday Edition on former PM Abe Shinzo's use of government-funded cherry blossom-viewing parties to further his own interests.

Shii in his comment on Suga’s announcement calls for change of government with earnest opposition parties/citizens joint struggles

Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide, who is also the ruling Liberal Democratic Party president, announced his decision to not run in the LDP presidential election set for later this month, effectively announcing his resignation as Prime Minister.

JCP publishes strategy to tackle climate crisis as part of platform for forthcoming general election

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo released the party’s action plan, entitled the “JCP strategy 2030”, aimed at cutting CO2 emissions by 50-60% by 2030 in order to address the ongoing climate crisis.