High School Baseball Federation should strive to eliminate ethnic discrimination from ‘Koshien’ Championship

Sports are rooted in the fair spirit of eliminating all forms of discrimination. However, founded as a South Korean ethnic school, a Kyoto school that advanced to the quarterfinals of the High School Baseball Tournament has been the target of a series of discriminatory posts on social media.

Osaka Pref., City, and Expo Assn. treat unpaid construction costs as someone else’s problem

While Osaka Prefectural Governor Yoshimura boasts that “Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai” is a success, it has come to light that more than a dozen subcontractors remain unpaid for their work constructing foreign pavilions.

JCP issues statement on the 80th anniversary of the end of the war

JCP EC Chair Tamura on August 15 issued a statement on the 80th anniversary of the war’s end, extending her deepest condolences to all those, in Japan and abroad, who suffered and perished as a result of Japan’s war of aggression and colonial rule.