Shii in May Day rally calls for change of Abe gov’t in order to protect workers’ rights

JCP Chair Shii at the May Day rally called on the participants to increase efforts to work for the success of opposition parties’ electoral cooperation to bring down the Abe regime with the aim of defending workers’ rights.

Majority in survey: fielding joint opposition candidates is ‘good’ decision

A Kyodo survey shows that more than half of the respondents rated opposition parties’ decision to field joint candidates to revoke the war legislation and bring back constitutionalism as “good”.

More than 500 citizens sue gov’t over war laws

Claiming that the national security-related legislation is unconstitutional, 509 citizens filed lawsuits against the central government with the Tokyo District Court. This is the first legal action over the war laws.