2004 JULY 14 - JULY 20 NEWS

U.S. AND BRITISH REPORTS SHOW IRAQ WAR TO BE LAWLESS
Eating out of Bush's hand, Prime Minister Koizumi Jun'ichiro asserted that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and kept supporting the war, putting Japan in the position of accomplice to the aggression.

REALIGNMENT OF U.S. FORCES IN JAPAN WILL HELP IN U.S. PREEMPTIVE ATTACKS ABROAD
The United States reportedly has tabled plans to integrate the Guam-based U.S. Air Force Command at the U.S. Yokota Air Base in Tokyo, to relocate the U.S. 1st Army Corps command to Zama Base in Kanagawa, and relocate the Atsugi-based carrier-borne aircraft forces to Iwakuni in Yamaguchi.

JCP'S 82-YEAR HISTORY OF UNDAUNTED STRUGGLE AND PERSPECTIVE FOR FUTURE
Prewar "two major parties" regarded the emperor regime as forever unchangeable, but it turned out to be completely incorrect. So long as Japan's politics and society full of contradictions go on damaging public interests, the people can change such a society after all.

IRAQ WAR
U.S. and British reports show Iraq War to be lawless -- Akahata editorial, July 16
* International war crime tribunal accuses U.S. and Britain (July 20)

JCP
82nd anniversary
JCP's 82-year history of undaunted struggle and great perspective for future -- Akahata editorial, July 15
* JCP international relations (July 16)