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  • JCP holds street speech to condemn US invasion of Venezuela

    JCP Secretariat Head Koike Akira said, “Let us declare that we will never tolerate any move aiming for the return to a world ruled by force.” He also criticized the Takaichi administration for failing to lodge an objection against the U.S. invasion.

  • editorial  Raise of Japan’s military spending to 3.5% of GDP to satisfy Trump would impose annual burden of 170,000 yen per capita

    The U.S. Trump administration calls on Japan to raise its military spending to 3.5% of GDP. Calculated based on the GDP data for 2024, 3.5% amounts to 21 trillion yen, meaning the annual burden on the general public would exceed 170,000 yen per person.

  • editorial  70% of UN member states: Nuclear war would cause catastrophic damage to humanity

    Humanity continues to face the danger of the use of nuclear weapons. The problem is that nuclear-armed states are expanding their nuclear arsenals and using them as a means to intimidate other countries.

  • POLITICS
  • editorial 70% of UN member states: Nuclear war would cause catastrophic damage to humanity

  • editorial Raise of Japan’s military spending to 3.5% of GDP to satisfy Trump would impose annual burden of 170,000 yen per capita

  • JCP holds street speech to condemn US invasion of Venezuela

  • US holding on to Okinawa while receiving 373 billion yen from Japan for construction of USMC base in Guam

  • LABOR
  • Pro ball players’ union is ‘for the future of professional baseball’

  • ECONOMY
  • editorial While annual real wage falls by 750,000 yen from its peak, large companies’ internal reserves rise to 581 trillion yen

  • JCP
  • JCP Vice Chair Ogata talks with Cuban ambassador to Japan

  • JCP EC Chair Tamura attends New Year party celebrating Mindan’s 80th founding anniversary



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