Japan Press Weekly

Shii on JCP 99th founding anniv. speaks on JCP’s efforts to reduce people’s hardships amid pandemic

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo delivered a commemorative speech on the 99th anniversary of the JCP’s founding on an online meeting which was live streamed on YouTube and viewed at 11,332 locations across Japan.

Aug.9, Nagasaki Day rally held

The Nagasaki Day rally took place online as the closing event of the 2021 World Conference against A and H Bombs, releasing the "Letter from Nagasaki to All Governments in the World" calling for their participation in the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

  Like Olympic Games, forcible opening of Paralympics runs counter to infection control measures

The Tokyo Olympic Games closed amid the explosive rise in coronavirus infections. During the Games, the number of new COVID cases soared, which caused a serious situation where patients were unable to be hospitalized.

PM Suga has no sense of crisis in regard to Tokyo’s healthcare system at brink of collapse

JCP demands increase in state subsidies to national universities

 Like Olympic Games, forcible opening of Paralympics runs counter to infection control measures

US civilian attached to US military in Okinawa arrested for attempted rape

Shii attends NGO-hosted forum regarding UN treaty banning nuclear weapons

Aug.6 Hiroshima Day online rally held as part of World Conference against A & H Bombs

Shii sends message to 2021 World Conference against A and H Bombs

2021 Peace March assembles in Nagasaki

Aug.9, Nagasaki Day rally held

Shii on JCP 99th founding anniv. speaks on JCP’s efforts to reduce people’s hardships amid pandemic