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2009 OCTOBER 14 - OCTOBER 20
JCP Central Committee holds its 9th Plenum The Japanese Communist Party Central Committee held its 9th Plenum on October 13-14 at the JCP head office in Tokyo. JCP Chair Shii Kazuo gave the report on behalf of the JCP Executive Committee. The report was based on his speech marking the 87th anniversary of the founding of the JCP.
JCP Shii criticizes DPJ policies as inadequate in responding to people’s demands On October 17, during streetspeeches calling for voters to vote for Japanese Communist Party candidate in the House of Councilors by election in Kanagawa Prefeture (held on October 25), JCP Chair Shii Kazuo criticized some Democratic Party of Japan policies for being inadequate in responding to people’s demands.
Keidanren to forego assessing 2 major parties’ policies this year
Supreme Court must ensure oral proceedings over handbill posting case - Akahata editorial (excerpts)