Legal experts issue statements against state secrets bill

Japan’s legal scholars issued two statements opposing the state secrets bill the Abe Cabinet submitted to the current Diet session, arguing that the bill violates fundamental human rights guaranteed under the Japanese Constitution.

Japan has no intent to depart from nuclear umbrella

Just after the Japanese government signed on to a UN statement seeking the nonuse and abolition of nuclear weapons, ministers of the Abe Cabinet displayed their intention to keep relying on the supposed nuclear umbrella provided by the United States.

Pushed by JCP, PM promises to urge companies to use part of internal reserves for wage hike

Japanese Communist Party member of the Lower House Koike Akira grilled Prime Minister Abe on his economic policies, succeeding in having him promise that he will request large companies to use a portion of their internal reserves for workers’ pay raises.