Use 2023 World Conference as an opportunity to add more pressure on gov’t to participate in TPNW

This year’s World Conference against A and H Bombs will capture a lot of attention both at home and abroad as the G7 Hiroshima Summit in May issued a statement whose failure to call for the elimination of nuclear weapons drew widespread disappointment and criticism.

Top court: Restriction on transgender employee’s use of restrooms illegal

Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira said that it is significant that the top court recognized that discriminatory treatment of LGBTQ + individuals at work is unacceptable.

Japan Gensuikyo criticizes NATO states for their intent to permanently possess nuclear weapons

The Japan Council against A and H Bombs (Japan Gensuikyo) issued a statement criticizing a communique adopted at the NATO Vilnius Summit for justifying their permanent possession of nuclear weapons.