Japan Press Weekly

JCP at the late Chair Fuwa’s funeral vows to keep moving forward

The funeral of Fuwa Tetsuzo, former Central Committee chair of the Japanese Communist Party, took place at the Shinjuku Bunka Center in Tokyo. He passed away on December 30, 2025, aged 95.

Japan abstains on UN resolution calling for slavery reparations

Japan’s decision to go against the global opinion denouncing slavery is likely due to its failure to sincerely address the issue of the Japanese military “comfort women” system during its past colonial rule.

Female JCP member elected Kiyose City mayor

An independent female candidate backed by concerned citizens and opposition parties, including the Japanese Communist Party, won the Kiyose City mayoral election, defeating the incumbent supported by the Liberal Democratic and “Komeito” parties.

Female JCP member elected Kiyose City mayor

 PM Takaichi aims to revise Article 9 presumably in order to respond to US demands for SDF dispatch without restrictions

JCP Daimon demands that Japan create system to make own choice in 550-billion-dollar investment in US

JCP Kira urges gov’t to apply tuition-free program to all high school students regardless of their nationality

Okinawa Prefectural Assembly adopts unanimous resolution protesting against US military aircraft’s emergency landing

US military fighter jets stationed at Misawa also sent to Middle East

Japan abstains on UN resolution calling for slavery reparations

 Gov’t science and technology plan may involve further utilization of universities for military purposes

 Gov’t forces national museums and galleries to ‘generate revenue’

Japan’s and South Korea’s progressive political parties and NGOs jointly oppose US-Israeli military operations in Strait of Hormuz

JCP at the late Chair Fuwa’s funeral vows to keep moving forward

Shii meets with Iranian ambassador at JCP head office