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  • GSDF contracts with funeral service industry in case of GSDF personnel deaths in battle

    The government attempt to turn Japan into a war-capable nation is advancing without pause. The Ground Self-Defense Force signed a cooperation agreement with an organization in the funeral service industry in case GSDF members died in action.

  • ILO and UNESCO recommend that Japan pay public school teachers proper overtime

    A joint commission of the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recommended that the Japanese government provide proper overtime pay to public school teachers.

  • JCP condemns Israel’s resumption of ground operation in Gaza

    JCP Central Committee Chair Shii issued a statement entitled, “The JCP condemns Israel’s renewed ground operation in Gaza, demands its immediate cessation, and calls for the implementation of sanctions based on the UN resolution.”

  • POLITICS
  • Cyber defense bill becomes law, allowing gov’t to collect information without consent

  • Criminal digital bill enacted that allows police to collect electronic data unbeknown to person in question

  • Actual corporate tax rate for large corporations is half that of midsized companies

  • JCP member elected Tadaoka Town mayor

  • SDF
  • GSDF contracts with funeral service industry in case of GSDF personnel deaths in battle

  • SOCIAL ISSUES
  • ILO and UNESCO recommend that Japan pay public school teachers proper overtime

  • Finally, Expo 2025 association to issue press card to Akahata

  • editorial Politics should be changed in order to eradicate hate speech

  • PEACE
  • Shii at symposium: Adherence to ‘not posing a threat to each other’ is fundamental to East Asian peace

  • WORLD
  • JCP condemns Israel’s resumption of ground operation in Gaza

  • editorial India, Pakistan required to solidify ceasefire and find peaceful solutions

  • JCP
  • JCP Miyamoto attends event commemorating 60th anniversary of Japan-S. Korea diplomatic normalization

  • JCP Koike attends ‘Europe Day’ reception



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