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  • Shii on X comments on Trump’s address regarding war on Iran

    Shii condemned Trump for making threats against Iran by saying, “We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages,” and for irresponsibly saying that countries affected by the Strait of Hormuz crisis should “go to the Strait and just take it.”

  • US list confirms residents’ concerns that local missile and ammunition depots could be targeted

    U.S. Central Command, which is leading the ongoing U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran, released a “target list” that identifies “missile manufacturing facilities and ammunition depots” and “surface-to-air missile facilities” as potential targets for an enemy attack.

  • US may boost pressure on Japan to send SDF to Middle East

    Reportedly, U.S. President Trump named South Korea, Japan, and China as countries that should take responsibility for guarding the Strait of Hormuz. He said, “Let Japan do it. They get 90 percent of the oil from the strait.”

  • POLITICS
  • US may boost pressure on Japan to send SDF to Middle East

  • US list confirms residents’ concerns that local missile and ammunition depots could be targeted

  • Daimon opposes dual use of science and technology

  • JCP submits to PM Takaichi its request calling for launch of diplomatic negotiations to end Iran War

  • LABOR
  • JCP and Zenroren exchange activities with S. Korean bus drivers’ union

  • SDF
  • Defense Ministry officially deploys long-range missiles to SDF camps in Kumamoto and Shizuoka

  • SOCIAL ISSUES
  • Revised law reducing class size to 35 students at public junior high schools enacted

  • Peasants’ Uprising 2026

  • editorial 40 years since equal employment opportunity law implemented

  • PEACE
  • Civil Alliance holds ‘NO War! YES Article 9!’ event

  • WORLD
  • Shii on X comments on Trump’s address regarding war on Iran



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