Shii: Important thing is whether CDPJ is serious about seeking electoral cooperation with pro-Constitution opposition parties

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo said, “Discussions on electoral cooperation will not start unless the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan expresses its intent to cooperate with the JCP.”

1 year after fatal shooting of ex-PM Abe

It has been one year since former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo was shot to death on July 8 during his canvassing speech in Nara City (Nara Pref.). Violent acts of this kind, no matter what reason there may be, are ill-justified.

PM Kishida wants to make Japan NATO associate member

It is reported that NATO is discussing with the Japanese government the possibility of opening of a liaison office in Tokyo, and PM Kishida is hoping to host a NATO office and to make Japan "an associate member of NATO".