35,000 people in rally urge government to protect jobs and livelihoods

About 35,000 people from across the country, including union workers, foreign workers, small business owners, farmers, pensioners, and students, on November 8 assembled in Tokyo to urge the coalition government to protect their jobs and livelihoods.

21,000 protest relocation of U.S. Marine Corps base within prefecture

About 21,000 Okinawans held a rally on October 8 in Ginowan City demanding the immediate closure of the dangerous U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station and opposing the plan to move it to Henoko to provide a state-of-the-art air base in Okinawa.”

Four inconsistencies of DPJ-led government revealed

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo said at a press conference on November 5 that Diet discussions have revealed four inconsistencies in the Democratic Party of Japan-led government which are contrary to citizens’ expectations and which contradict previous DPJ statements.