JCP criticizes disqualification of pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmakers

To have deprived elected officials of their seats and to trample on democracy have nothing to do with socialism. The JCP demands that China's central authority and the Hong Kong government withdraw the disqualification of the four legislators.

JCP Koike demands that gov't make public the details of RCEP talks

JCP Secretariat Head Koike Akira criticized the government for secretly having carried out negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement and for only making it public after signing the RCEP.

Firm insistence upon 2020 Summer Olympics amid COVID-19 would damage reputation of Olympic movement

PM Suga in talks with visiting IOC President Thomas Bach expressed his determination to hold the 2020 Summer Olympics as proof that humanity has defeated the pandemic. However, Japan is concerned about the surge of a “third wave” of infections.