Visually impaired subway passenger’s fatal fall reaffirms need for safety improvement

The recent fatal fall of a visually impaired person at a subway station again highlighted the need to equip train platforms with protective partitions and increase the number of station staff.

PM Abe voices objection to America’s ‘no first use’ nuclear weapons policy

Japan’s Prime Minister Abe Shinzo reportedly conveyed his objection to President Obama declaring a “no first use” nuclear-weapons policy by saying that such a policy will weaken deterrence.

Cabinet intelligence top praises Japan’s wartime suppression

Akahata learned that the Director of Cabinet Intelligence, who had played a leading role in pushing for the enactment of the State Secrecy Act under the Abe government, praises Japan’s prewar and wartime suppression of civil liberties in his essay.