4,000 young people call for vote to change politics

About 4,000 young people marched in demonstration through downtown Tokyo, calling on each person as a sovereign member of the country to use the right to vote to bring a dramatic change in politics.

Japanese firms and individuals cited in Panama Papers take so-what attitude toward their tax avoidance

It was found that the Panama Papers mention the names of at least 400 Japanese companies and individuals, such as Itochu Corporation, Marubeni Corporation, and Rakuten CEO Mikitani Hiroshi.

Shii issues statement on Obama’s plan to visit Hiroshima

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo issued a statement in regard to U.S. President Barack Obama’s planned visit to Hiroshima following the G7 summit meeting in the Ise-Shima region in central Japan.