2015 anti-nuke 1,800-km relay marathon departs from Fukushima to Nagasaki

Participants in the 2015 Peace Marathon for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons have departed from Fukushima City to Nagasaki City. Along the 1,800-km route, runners are calling for an increase in public support for a world without nuclear weapons.

SDF’s live bullet hits private house

The Japanese Communist Party Shiga Prefectural Committee made representations to the prefectural governor over an incident in which a bullet fired by the Ground Self-Defense Force hit a private house during the training exercises.

Christian community in Japan opposes war bills

The community and organizations of Christianity in Japan have one after another issued statements protesting against the forcible vote on the so-called war bills in the Lower House, calling for the withdrawal of the security legislation.