JCP Koike becomes co-leader of cross-party Dietmembers' group formed to tackle climate change

A cross-party Dietmembers' group aiming to adopt a Diet resolution calling for a "climate emergency declaration" was inaugurated and Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira was named a co-representative of this new group.

Shii: I'll work to mollify other opposition parties' concerns in regard to formation of coalition gov't

JCP Chair Shii on a BS Asahi news program said, "Only after other opposition parties become sure about the JCP can we take our discussions one step further and enrich our common ground."

Harassment violates human rights of frontline personnel fighting COVID-19: Disaster medicine society

The Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine published a statement criticizing unjust workplace situations of medical workers, who took part in anti-coronavirus activities at government-designated quarantine facilities, as human rights violations.