Shii issues statement on the Ukrainian problem

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo issued a statement on the Ukrainian problem, titled, "Russia should stop making military threats - the international community needs to pursue a diplomatic solution".

Expanded US airspace for training threatens safety of civil aviation

Japanese Communist Party representative Takahashi Chizuko at a Lower House Budget Committee meeting criticized the expansion of U.S. military temporary training airspace in Japan for threatening the safety of civil aviation.

JCP Yamazoe criticizes gov’t move to relax regulations on export of radioactive waste

Japanese Communist Party lawmaker Yamazoe Taku at an Upper House meeting on natural resources and energy demanded that the current rules associated with disposing of all radioactive waste inside the country in principle be maintained.