Cessation of Israel’s settlement policy is the starting point for negotiations

Palestine has recently applied to become a U.N. member as an independent state. Establishing their independent state is a legitimate claim to realize their right to national self-determination which has long been trampled on.

Use fund for anti-radiation measures, not Olympics: JCP in Tokyo

Japanese Communist Party Tokyo Assembly member Oyama Tomoko on September 28 urged Governor Ishihara Shintaro to use Tokyo’s budget to contain radiation contamination from the Fukushima nuclear accident rather than to bid to host the 2020 Olympics.

Shii criticizes gov’t move to limit radiation decontamination fund

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on September 29 severely criticized the government’s attempt to limit its subsidy for radiation decontamination work as “abandoning its responsibility.”