JCP on street calls for relief donations for Kumamoto earthquake victims

Three days after the powerful earthquake that hit Kumamoto Prefecture on July 28, the Japanese Communist Party hold a fund-raising campaign near Shinjuku Station to support the victims. JCP Secretariat Head Koike Akira with a microphone called on passersby for their cooperation. Holding donation boxes, JCP lawmakers Yamazoe Taku (left), Tatsumi Kotaro (2nd left), and Hatano Kimie (on the right) asked the public for donations. (July 30,2026/Tokyo)