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2008 NOVEMBER 5 - NOVEMBER 11 Wefll see how Obamafs promise of change will be implemented In a published statement on the election of Barack Obama as the next U.S. president, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo said, gThe JCP will do its utmost to end Japanfs extraordinary subservience to the U.S. and establish an equal relationship between Japan and the United States along a path of neutrality and nonalignment. This is the position from which we will pay close attention to what the next U.S. administration, led by President Obama, will do in its policy towards Japan.h Stop government from ignoring former Air SDF Chief of Stafffs improper conduct The government is under fire for its lenience toward a former Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff who published an article criticizing the view that Japan was an gaggressor nation.h Gen. Tamogami Toshio said that such an assertion concerning Japanfs past war in Asia is a gfalse accusation.h Government panel calls for a consumption tax increase to 8%-16% in 2015 The Council on Social Security on November 4 published a report calling on the government to swiftly work out steps to secure the revenue for social services with a consumption tax increase in mind. It said, gCost for social services will inevitably increase as the population is aging.h ............................................................................................................................. SDF Overseas dispatch   Sending SDF helicopters to Afghanistan to assist in war is unconstitutional: Akahata editorial (excerpts)NGO representative testifies: Sending troops increases terror
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