Ogata speaks at the European Left’s Congress

A delegation of the Japanese Communist Party led by its Vice Chair Ogata Yasuo took part in a congress of the Party of the European Left held in Austria’s Vienna on December 9-11.

Shiokawa: Legal restraints on running for public office and campaigning are too strict in Japan

JCP representative Shiokawa said that various restrictions on candidacy and election campaigning the Public Offices Election Act imposes are a serious problem from the standpoint of democracy and the guarantee of people's suffrage.

Extraordinary session of the Diet closes

Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira asked for his impression after the 69-day extraordinary session of the Diet ended, said that certain results were achieved though the overall result was not yet adequate.