150,000 people at Akahata Festival become energized to work for stronger JCP

The 41st Akahata Festival took place for the first time in four years at Tokyo’s Yumenoshima Park with 150,000 people attending. JCP Chair Shii called on participants to work together to create a stronger JCP that contributes to Japan’s brighter future.

Major national centers of trade unions stage sit-in against rollback in labor law

Japan’s major national centers of trade unions staged a sit-in protest on October 29 near the Diet building against the Abe administration’s labor policy.

Anti-base candidate Onaga starts election campaign for Okinawa governor

The Okinawa gubernatorial election campaign started on October 30. Pledging to block the construction of a new U.S. military base in the prefecture, former Naha City Mayor Onaga Takeshi launched his fight against the incumbent pro-base candidate.