Shii holds talks with U.S. Ambassador Roos

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on April 21 held talks with U.S. Ambassador to Japan John V. Roos at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo.

90,000 Okinawans gather in anti-U.S. base rally

Okinawans on April 25 assembled in Yomitan Village in Okinawa Prefecture to demand the early closure and return of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station and to oppose the relocation of the base within the prefecture.