Japan’s workers join international action seeking higher minimum wages

Japan’s labor unions took to the streets on May 15 in response to a call for simultaneously taking action across the world to demand an increase in minimum wages.

Japan could follow path to war: former LDP executive

Ex-LDP Secretary General Kato Koichi told Akahata: Thanks to Article 9 of the Constitution, Japan has gained some trust from the international community since the end of WWII. Japan should maintain its position of not being involved in military activities.

Shii opposes Abe’s attempt to enable Japan to use armed forces abroad

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on May 15 criticized Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s initiative to discuss a new constitutional interpretation for Japan’s use of the right to collective self-defense.