Japan gov't defends sexist head of Tokyo Games

The Japanese government's and the ruling Liberal Democratic Paty's lack of awareness of the importance of gender equality has been put on full display.

JCP demands that extension of state of emergency be accompanied by adequate relief

Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira said that Prime Minister Suga should provide up-to-date information and financial support in order to alleviate people’s anxieties caused by the prolonged pandemic situation.

Shii: PM Suga should be accountable for his son’s wining/dining scandal

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo said that PM Suga has a responsibility to disclose the truth behind a scandal in which his eldest son, who works at a company providing satellite broadcasting, wined and dined Communication Ministry bureaucrats.