Zenroren activists rally to push Labor Ministry’s council to increase minimum hourly wage to 1,500 yen

Union activists of the National Confederation of Trade Unions (Zenroren) held a rally to appeal for the need to immediately increase the national minimum wage to 1,500 yen per hour to help people survive the ongoing price surge.

Cabinet decision on 'state funeral' conflicts with democracy and rule of law

JCP Secretariat Head Koike Akira said that a "state funeral" for former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has no legal basis, and that the decision the Cabinet made without Diet approval to hold a state funeral is trampling upon democracy and the rule of law.

JCP Dietmembers’ group submits to PM Kishida urgent proposal for dealing with 7th wave of COVID-19 infections

The Japanese Communist Party Dietmembers’ group submitted to Prime Minister Kishida Fumio its urgent proposal calling for government measures to protect people’s lives from the COVID-19 pandemic’s seventh wave.