Ex-NHK employees criticize NHK for abandoning any sense of objective reportage

A group of former NHK employees visited NHK Broadcasting Center to hand over a letter criticizing the broadcaster for becoming excessively supportive of the present government.

Japanese government must not sign TPP deal: Shii

Following a news report that 12 countries, including Japan and the U.S., have basically agreed to conclude the TPP negotiations, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo said that the Japanese government should withdraw from the free trade framework.

Abe used China ‘threat’ as a tool to ram through war laws

The Abe government and the ruling parties in chorus used the “threat” of China as a justification to bulldoze through the security legislation. This position actually poses a threat to people in Japan.