JCP: Japan should use diplomacy to increase global support for an end to Russia’s military operation in Ukraine

JCP representative Kokuta said that the government should encourage the 47 countries which abstained from or walked out of the voting on the UNGA resolution calling for Russia’s immediate and unconditional withdrawal from Ukraine to reverse their stance.

JCP and CDPJ agree to start talks on electoral cooperation in Upper House single-seat districts

JCP Chair Shii met with the head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in the Diet building and agreed on the start of negotiations regarding the selection of joint candidates in single-seat constituencies in the forthcoming Upper House election.

Diligence still required to deal with COVID-19 while quasi-emergency measures lifted

The government lifted quasi-state-of-emergency measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in 18 prefectures. However, the number of newly-infected people continues to be high and the hospital bed occupancy rate also still remains high.