JCP EC Chair Tamura: Japan must overcome ‘nuclear deterrence’ doctrine

JCP Tamura stated that Japan, on the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, should sign and ratify the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and work to overcome the “nuclear deterrence” doctrine.

Those who claim that ‘nuclear armament is cheapest option’ are unqualified to be politicians of only A-bombed country

Eight of the 125 newly-elected Upper House members said that Japan should possess nuclear weapons (Mainichi Shinbun on August 1). Of the eight, six belong to the far-right racist “Sanseito” party.

JCP Yamazoe criticizes gov’t plan to export warships to Australia

Japanese Communist Party Policy Commission Chair Yamazoe Taku (House of Councillors) at a hearing with the Defense Ministry criticized the planned export to and joint development with Australia of warships.