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2010 FEBRUARY 3 - FEBRUARY 9
Shii urges Hatoyama to protect people’s livelihoods Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo used his question time on behalf of the party at the House of Representatives Plenary Session on February 2 to urge Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio to make a drastic change in his policies on key issues, including money scandals, protection of people’s livelihoods, and the U.S. base relocation issue.
Ozawa’s 3 aides indicted Tokyo prosecutors on February 4 indicted three aides of Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ozawa Ichiro for violating the Political Funds Control Law with the use of the alleged 400 million yen of funds for land purchase by Rikuzankai, Ozawa’s political fund-managing organization, while dropping the case against Ozawa himself.
The background behind Toyota recall The massive recall of Toyota Motor Corporation vehicles has shocked the world. Sasaki Shozo, a labor movement researcher, contributed an article to Akahata on February 5 and 6.
