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  • Hibakusha protest against Trump's decision to pull out of INF Treaty

    Five Nagasaki Hibakusha organizations published a letter of protest addressed to U.S. President Donald Trump after he announced his intention to pull out of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty.

  • JCP Chair speaks of JCP on online news site

    JCP Chair Shii on an online news site spoke on topics ranging from the outlook on a coalition government to the Japan-U.S. alliance, the Self-Defense Forces, the JCP stance on the imperial system, and the relationships with North Korea and China.

  • editorial  Abe’s policy speech completely dodges scandals both new and old

    PM Abe in his policy speech did not say a word about his and his wife’s alleged involvement in the “Moritomo” and “Kake” favoritism scandals as well as about a series of money scandals that surfaced among members of his reshuffled Cabinet.

  • POLITICS
  • editorial Abe’s policy speech completely dodges scandals both new and old

  • Anti-Abe government tide rising in local politics

  • Professor: Defense Ministry unjustly uses law in order to keep Henoko project going

  • Shii criticizes PM Abe’s appeal for constitutional revision as outrageous interference in Diet steering

  • Ordinance bill to hold prefectural referendum over Henoko base project approved

  • House steering committee chair proposes to cut opposition lawmakers’ question time in general interpellation

  • US FORCES
  • Heads of 9 universities in Okinawa demand that US military aircraft stop flying over their campuses

  • LABOR
  • Nationwide organization of coastal fishermen in pole-and-line and longline fisheries formed

  • SOCIAL ISSUES
  • Naka City mayor voices objection to restart of Tokai Daini NPP

  • JCP to METI: Don’t discharge radioactive Fukushima water into ocean

  • Agricultural newspaper’s survey finds 73% of its monitors do not support Abe’s farm policy

  • Leaders of Japanese farmers' and fishermen's movements meets FAO Japan head

  • PEACE
  • Hibakusha protest against Trump's decision to pull out of INF Treaty

  • JCP
  • JCP Chair speaks of JCP on online news site

  • JCP does not attend gov't-hosted ceremony praising prewar Japan

  • This week’s JCP international activities

  • JCP Vice Chair speaks at ICAPP assembly

  • ‘JCP supporters’ festival takes place



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