Making an offering to Yasukuni by PM Suga represents Japan's favorable view on its past wartime aggression

JCP Secretariat Head Koike in a street speech said that making an offering by the head of state to a facility praising wartime aggression puts on display the government stance of having the same perspective as that facility.

Shii in protest against coercion by state will boycott Nakasone funeral

JCP Chair Shii announced that he, in protest against coercion by the state to mourn, will not attend a joint funeral service slated for October 17 by the government and the Liberal Democratic Party for former Prime Minister Nakasone Yasuhiro.

Advisors to PM Suga side with the strong and are crushing the weak

Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has, since taking office, held meetings with advisors from the private sector whose views side with the strong and harm the weak.