Beneficiary-pays principle of nursing insurance law prevents low-income elderly from receiving care: JCP Nihi

Japanese Communist Party representative Nihi Sohei on February 4 at a House of Councilors committee meeting took up the issue of low-income elderly who are deprived of nursing care services.

Hatoyama urged to protect people’s livelihoods

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo used his question time on behalf of the party at the House of Representatives Plenary Session on February 2 to urge Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio to make a drastic change in his policies on key issues, including money scandals, protection of people’s livelihoods, and the U.S. base relocation issue.