Japanese gov’t takes a professor who is denier of Nanjing Massacre to UNESCO meetings

The Japanese government has sent a scholar denying the Nanjing Massacre to UNESCO meetings where discussions on whether to add Nanjing Massacre-related materials to the Memory of the World Register list were being conducted.

Third-party organ blames LDP for pressuring NHK

A third-party organization in the broadcasting community which handles issues related to the ethics in journalism published a statement criticizing the Liberal Democratic Party for having put pressure on NHK in connection with one of its TV programs.

20 million signatures drive started to repeal war laws

The Japanese Communist Party carried out a street campaign near Shinjuku Station as an effort to promote the 20 million signatures drive which also began on this day with the aim of repealing the unconstitutional war legislation.