JCP Daimon: Proper international taxation on GAFA needed

Japanese Communist Party member of the Upper House Daimon Mikishi stressed the need to levy international taxes on powerful U.S. IT companies, demanding that the Japanese government fulfill an international role to do so.

US-made state-of-the-art fighter crashes into sea off Aomori

An ASDF state-of-the-art F-35A fighter crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Aomori. This will further arouse criticism against the Abe government’s controversial plan to buy more than 100 F-35s from the U.S.

Dockworkers stage 48-hour strike

The National Federation of Dockworkers Unions of Japan began a 48-hour strike at ports and harbors nationwide, seeking to protect the current system for determining dockworkers’ minimum wage.