DYLJ local calls on gov't to provide more support for college students

Six young people, including college students, from Hyogo Prefecture made a representation to the Ministry of Education, demanding that government assistance programs for university students be improved.

JCP Iwabuchi: Gov’t should stop ocean release and instead examine better ways to safely dispose of Fukushima wastewater

JCP lawmaker Iwabuchi Tomo said that the government should immediately stop the ocean release of Fukushima wastewater and choose better ways to safely dispose of the water instead of the ocean discharge.

Sitting ex-LDP Dietmember arrested for bribery

Tokyo Prosecutors arrested sitting House of Representatives member Akimoto Masatoshi for receiving substantial funding from a wind farm developer and in return raising questions in Diet sessions that would benefit the firm.