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2015 November 25 - December 1 [JCP]

This week’s JCP international activity

Vice head of JCP International Commission attends CPI theoretical meeting

Vice chief of the International Commission of the Japanese Communist Party Morihara Kimitoshi, also a JCP Standing Executive Committee member, attended an international meeting of Asian countries’ communist and labor parties on theoretical issues held on November 28 and 29 at New Delhi, India.

Morihara spoke about the position of the JCP Program in line with urgent challenges the party is facing. His speech included the following themes: the political climate in Japan and the JCP role as well as the JCP proposal on the establishment of a “national coalition government to repeal the security-related legislation”; U.S. strategy toward Asia and the problems of Okinawa; and democratic reforms within the framework of capitalism and prospects for building a consensus to achieve this.

He concluded the speech by saying, “The JCP stands on the position that social progress will develop in a step-by-step manner based on the will of a majority of the people as sovereign.”

Following his speech, six overseas participants asked questions about the JCP policy and its theoretical position, showing a high interest in the JCP and political trends in Japan.

Hosted by the 90-year-old Communist Party of India (CPI), this meeting took place to discuss how to counter the tyranny of large capital under globalization. Delegates of eight political parties from Japan, China, Vietnam, North Korea, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka took part in the event. From India, those of the CPI, and the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and other leftwing parties were present at the meeting.