Japan Press Weekly

Shii in webinar for high school students talks about the society JCP envisions in the future

JCP Chair Shii Kazuo in a webinar for high school students answered their questions on various topics ranging from the JCP’s stance toward the Self-Defense Forces under the war-renouncing Article 9 to what kind of society the JCP envisions for the future.

Tokyo Olympic organizing committee’s choice of its new head poses several questions

The Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games selected Liberal Democratic Party Upper House member Hashimoto Seiko as the successor to former president Mori Yoshiro who was forced to resign over his sexist remarks.

LDP won't give its female lawmakers a voice in LDP executive meetings

The Liberal Democratic Party has announced that it will allow five female lawmakers to "observe" the party's board meetings and executive meetings but will not allow them to speak.

JCP Akamine: Don’t use soil from ‘killing zone’ in Battle of Okinawa to build new US base in Henoko

JCP Tamura demands summoning of PM Suga's son and 4 high-ranking bureaucrats to testify before Diet

Okinawans angry at another sex crime committed by US marine and the spate of low altitude flights

Youth group: Lack of democracy in schools causes Japanese youth to become disillusioned with politics

LDP won't give its female lawmakers a voice in LDP executive meetings

Tokyo Olympic organizing committee’s choice of its new head poses several questions

Fukushima evacuees win reversal in appellate court

Shii in webinar for high school students talks about the society JCP envisions in the future