Tokyo JCP pledges to win cancellation of Tsukiji relocation in metropolitan assembly election

The Japanese Communist Party Tokyo Metropolitan Committee published its platform for the upcoming metropolitan assembly election, proposing to maintain the Tsukiji market instead of relocating it to the contaminated Toyosu site.

Shii comments on US joint statement on North Korea and calls for diplomatic efforts to be pursued

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo stated that he paid close attention to a joint statement released by the U.S. Trump administration regarding its stance on North Korea, calling for a diplomatic approach to resolve the issue.

JCP Koike denounces Abe’s call for legitimizing SDF

Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira condemned Prime Minister Abe Shinzo for expressing his intent to legitimize the Japanese Self-Defense Forces through constitutional revision by 2020.