Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo, in regard to U.S. President Donald Trump recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, issued a statement strongly demanding an immediate retraction of this decision.
The ceremony for the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) for its efforts to have the UN treaty banning nuclear weapons adopted took place in the Norwegian capital of Oslo.
Japanese Communist Party member of the House of Councilors Kira Yoshiko criticized the "student guidance" at an Osaka public high school for denying a female student's personal choice by repeatedly forcing her to dye her naturally-brown hair black.
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