A rally in protest against the emergency landing of a U.S. military helicopter on Tsuken-jima Island in Okinawa's Uruma City took place at a park in the city.
Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira at a House of Councilors committee meeting demanded that a fair share of income tax be levied on the wealthy in order to redress the growing economic disparities under the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Koganei City Assembly in Tokyo 3 adopted a statement demanding the cancellation of the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games by the majority vote of assemblypersons, including Japanese Communist Party members.
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