Historic JCP Congress attracts wide attention

The Japanese Communist Party 27th Congress was held from January 15 to 18 in Shizuoka Prefecture. Representatives of other opposition parties cooperating with the JCP attended the Congress for the first time in the 95-year JCP history.

Benzene 79 times higher than legal limit detected in Tokyo’s proposed new fish market site

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has announced that it detected high levels of toxic chemicals in water samples taken from the groundwater at the planned fish market site　in the Toyosu district.

‘Conspiracy bill’ will punish citizens for their thoughts and beliefs

The Abe government plans to submit to the Diet a bill to criminalize acts of conspiracy to commit crimes. The nature of this bill is to punish people just for discussing a plan to commit crimes.