Miyazaki Hayao becomes ‘Henoko Fund’ co-head

Film director Miyazaki Hayao will take up a post as co-leader of the “Henoko Fund” launched by key figures and local business persons to raise funds to support Okinawans’ resistance against the construction of a new U.S. base in Henoko in Nago City.

1,000 Japanese march in NYC, calling for end to nuclear arms

The Japan Council against A and H Bombs (Japan Gensuikyo) organized a delegation of 1,000 grassroots-based antinuke activists and Hibakusha on the sidelines of the NPT Review Conference held at the UN Headquarters.

Yamashita: JCP will increase its efforts to scrap war legislation-related bills

Following the ruling coalition’s agreement on war legislation-related bills, Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Yamashita Yoshiki said to reporters that the JCP will work hard to scrap the bills