JCP CC Plenum finalizes draft resolution seeking a coalition government

The Japanese Communist Party in its 7th Central Committee Plenum finalized a draft resolution which seeks to create a coalition government made up of opposition parties. The draft will be proposed to the party’s 27th Congress scheduled for January 2017.

JCP stands against extension of current Diet session: JCP Koike

Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira in a press conference said that the proposal for extension is only for the purpose of steamrolling through all the adverse bills under consideration.

Abe gov’t imposes unconstitutional new duties on SDF dispatched to South Sudan PKO

The Abe Cabinet decided to assign new duties involving the use of arms to SDF troops in the UN PKO mission in South Sudan based on the unconstitutional national security-related laws (war laws).