Why is Japan so negative about banning cluster bombs?

The Japanese government refused to support a declaration calling for a treaty banning cluster bombs adopted at an international conference in Oslo.

Record number of households stripped of their health insurance cards due to failure to pay premiums

JCP Koike said, “The survey shows that Japan’s universal health insurance system has been seriously undermined. It is time for the government to take drastic measures to reduce the burdens of higher premiums.”

JCP demands recasting of draft FY 2007 budget in order to reduce poverty

The need now is to enact budget to protect the living standards of the public by addressing two major problems -- the destruction of employment and the taxation and fiscal policy adversely affecting the living conditions.