JCP opposes SDF’s anti-piracy operation in Somalia

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo at a news conference on January 8 expressed opposition to the move to establish a new law to send a Self-Defense Force unit to waters off Somalia ostensibly to take part in anti-piracy operations to protect Japanese ships.

Revise Worker Dispatch Law and take legislative steps to prevent temporary workers from being thrown away

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on January 8 stressed the need to revoke the 1999 adverse revision of the Worker Dispatch Law that fundamentally eased regulations on the use of temporary workers and the need to prevent the ongoing arbitrary layoffs of temporary and other contingent workers.

Increase in JCP membership draws media attention

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on an NHK interview program aired on January 11 commented on the background behind the recent increase in the JCP membership as well as the ongoing employment crisis.