JCP Inoue urges gov’t to put stop to US military’s low-altitude flight drills over central Tokyo

JCP lawmaker Inoue Satoshi criticized the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement for working as a mechanism to enable such dangerous flight training exercises and demanded the SOFA revision.

JCP Kurabayashi: Gov’t should boost pace and scale of COVID-19 testing to stop 4th wave of infections

JCP Kurabayashi said that the current testing strategy is insufficient to deal with the spread of variant COVID-19 strains and surges as seen in the Kansai region, demanding that the pace and scale of testing capacity be increased to block a possible 4th wave.

JCP demands cancellation of gov’t plan to construct amusement facilities on US base in Okinawa

JCP lawmaker Inoue Satoshi at a House of Councilors meeting grilled the Defense Ministry about its plan to use Japanese taxpayers’ money for the construction of a bowling alley and a dance hall at U.S. Camp Schwab in Okinawa’s Nago City.