Draft 30th Congress Resolution and draft amendments to JCP Program put up for all-party discussion

The Japanese Communist Party Central Committee ended its 10th Plenum after approving the draft proposal for amendments to the JCP Program and the draft Resolution for the 30th Congress (January 18-22).

JCP Yamazoe grills gov’t about 2-year consumption tax cut policy

Japanese Communist Party lawmaker Yamazoe Taku criticized the government for proposing a half-baked bill which limits the consumption tax cut to two years without confirmation that the cost of living will be stabilized.

Yamazoe: Don’t delay nuclear abolition to ‘ultimate goal’ in order to curry favor with US!

Japanese Communist Party lawmaker Yamazoe Taku said, “Japan’s Prime Minister Takaichi should not, out of an excessive desire to please U.S. President Trump, relegate the abolition of nuclear weapons to an ‘ultimate goal’.”