Time to show zero tolerance for violence

The assassination of the Nagasaki City mayor makes it urgent for the whole society, in particular political parties and politicians, to show their determination that they will not tolerate such an act of defiance against freedom and democracy.

Documents showing military’s coercion in wartime sex slavery uncovered

Researchers have uncovered seven official documents used in the International Military Tribunal for the Far East that prove that Japanese military had forced foreign women into serving as sex slaves in countries under Japanese occupation during WWII.

Amid drastic reduction in local assembly seats, JCP made progress: JCP statement

In the second half of the nationwide simultaneous local elections on April 22, the Japanese Communist Party won 1,284 seats in local assemblies -- 773 seats in ordinary cities, 134 in Tokyo’s wards, and 377 in towns and villages.