Okinawa Governor tells US Congresspersons of opposition to Henoko base construction

Okinawa Governor Onaga Takeshi, visiting the U.S. from May 27 to June 5, met with U.S. Congresspersons in Hawaii and told them about Okinawans’ strong opposition to the construction of a new U.S. base in the Henoko coastal area in Nago City.

Deliberation starts on JCP-proposed bills banning corporate donations and terminating gov’t funding for political parties

JCP Dietmember Kokuta Keiji, for the first time in 15 years as a JCP representative, explained the purpose of the two bills at a House Committee meeting.

Shii upsets PM Abe by asking questions about Japan’s use of collective self-defense right in possible US wars of aggression

In the on-going Diet deliberations on the war bills, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo was upset when grilled by Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo about the possibility that Japan will join in U.S. lawless wars by exercising its collective self-defense right.