JCP increases its votes in NPP-dependent municipalities

In Fukui Prefecture, which hosts a total of 15 nuclear reactors, the Japanese Communist Party calling for an immediate departure from nuclear power generation increased the number of votes it received in the House of Councilors election last month.

Hibakusha voice anger over restriction on access to ‘Barefoot Gen’

The Matsue City Board of Education decided to restrict free viewing of “Barefoot Gen”, a cartoon story of Hiroshima, by public school students at their school libraries, provoking criticism from Hibakusha (A-bomb survivors) and citizens.

Abe Cabinet heading down the path to the past

Abe Cabinet members’ visit to the war-praising Yasukuni Shrine on August 15, the 68th anniversary of the end of WWII, poses a challenge to other Asian nations which suffered from Imperial Japan’s war of aggression.