Shii: Abe Statement marking 70 years of WWII end is deceitful

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on August 14 released a statement marking the 70th anniversary since the end of World War II. Shii criticized Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s statement published on the same day as deceitful.

Youth organizations opposing war bills multiplying nationwide scale

Inspired by young protestors in Tokyo, organizations of young people seeking to scrap the government-sponsored war bills are springing up all over the country.

MOD already plans to reorganize SDF units in line with war bills

Japanese Communist Party lawmaker Koike Akira revealed that the Defense Ministry has drawn up a plan to engage Japan’s Self-Defense Forces in military operations abroad even before the war-related bills are enacted.