JCP Shii comments on removal of North Korea from U.S. list of states sponsoring terrorism

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo said, “The JCP strongly hopes that this latest move will help the Six-Party Talks to implement the agreements to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula and will encourage North Korea to completely give up its nuclear programs.”

Is DPJ backing off from confronting LDP for the sake of early election?

The Democratic Party of Japan apparently favors the earliest possible dissolution of the House of Representatives for a general election in order to avoid engaging in discussions on ways to ease hardships among the general public.

Do not shift burden of failure of casino capitalism onto ordinary people

In a TV interview on an ASAHI NEWSTAR program aired on October 10, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo commented on the recent worldwide financial crisis triggered by the failure of Lehman Brothers.