2003 OCTOBER 1 - OCTOBER 7 NEWS
DON'T BE AT U.S. BECK AND CALL IN SENDING SDF TO IRAQ
Japanese Communist Party Executive Committee Chair Shii Kazuo used his House of Representatives Budget Committee questioning on October 1st to expose the government plan to hastily dispatch the Self-Defense Forces to Iraq.
FUWA CALLS FOR CLEAR VOTER CHOICE IN THE COMING GENERAL ELECTION
There is an important difference between opposition parties over how to defend peace and livelihood from the ruling parties which must be distinguished by voters.
WORLD WANTS WAR-RENOUNCING ARTICLE 9 DEFENDED
Students at the University of California, Berkeley, said to JCP lawmaker Yamaguchi Tomio that they were impressed by his lecture on the war-renouncing Article 9 of Japan's Constitution.
War
* Don't be at U.S. beck and call in sending SDF to Iraq: JCP Shii (October 2)
How far does Japan go with the U.S.? -- Akahata editorial, October 3 (Excerpts)* Bill to extend Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law railroaded through Lower House (October 4)
* Dispatching SDF doesn't help root out terrorism: Shii (October 4)
* War cannot do away with terrorism (October 7)
* Japanese ambassador sacked for criticizing Iraq War (October 1)