Shii in 97th anniv. speech calls on pro-constitution forces to hold discussions on coalition government

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo proposed holding discussions among the pro-constitution forces on establishing a coalition government consisting of the current opposition parties.

PM Abe’s speech in Nagasaki ceremony copy-pasted from text for Hiroshima ceremony

Prime Minister Abe Shinzo only said that he will work to build a bridge between nuclear weapon states and non-nuclear weapon states without saying anything about the N-ban treaty just as he did in his speech at the Hiroshima memorial ceremony.

Nagasaki Day rally demands that Japan sign and ratify nuclear weapons ban treaty

The Nagasaki Day rally of the World Conference against A and H Bombs 2019 called for the Japanese government to sign and ratify the UN treaty banning nuclear weapons as well as a further growth in antinuke grassroots movements before 2020.