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  • Shii won’t be running in coming general election

    JCP Central Committee Chair Shii Kazuo announced that he will not be running in the next general election, adding, “As the party’s CC chair, I will continue to devote all my energy to the advancement of the JCP in order to improve society.”

  • JCP will not be cooperating with ‘Centrist Reform Alliance’ formed by CDPJ and Komeito

    JCP Secretariat Head Koike Akira stated that the JCP will not be cooperating with the newly formed “Centrist Reform Alliance” in the upcoming general election, pointing out that the new party’s basic policies deem that the national security-related legislation is “constitutional”.

  • PM Takaichi announces Jan.23 Lower House dissolution for Feb.8 snap election

    JCP Executive Committee Chair Tamura Tomoko criticized Takaichi’s announcement calling for a snap election in February as being completely devoid of just cause in disregard for the sovereignty of the people.

  • POLITICS
  • PM Takaichi announces Jan.23 Lower House dissolution for Feb.8 snap election

  • JCP will not be cooperating with ‘Centrist Reform Alliance’ formed by CDPJ and Komeito

  • Shii won’t be running in coming general election

  • editorial PM Takaichi plans to call snap election supposedly to avoid Diet questioning about LDP’s ties with Moonies

  • Koike: JCP will closely examine the common positions of the new party formed by CDPJ and Komeito

  • editorial Visit by LDP and Ishin lawmakers to Israel tantamount to complicity in war crimes

  • Japan’s payment for US military-related expenses exceeds 1 trillion yen

  • US FORCES
  • Victim hit by US soldier’s car: 3-year suspended sentence is too light

  • SOCIAL ISSUES
  • Japanese and ROK heads agree to cooperate in DNA testing on remains of 1942 undersea coal-mine accident victims

  • editorial Data fraud scandal-hit Chubu Electric Power should give up on restarting Hamaoka NPP

  • WORLD
  • Shii: Iranian gov’t should immediately stop violent crackdown on demonstrators

  • Shii on X criticizes Trump’s attempt to acquire Greenland as violation of UN Charter



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