Japan Press Weekly

JCP publishes July Upper House election platform

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo held a press conference in the Diet building to announce the party’s platform for the House of Councilors election next month.

Ex-Upper House members’ group calls on political parties to work to send more women to Diet

A cross-party group of former House of Councilors members submitted a proposal calling on political parties to make efforts to put up the same number of male and female candidates in this summer’s Upper House proportional representation election.

  Refusal to participate in 1st TPNW conference is shameful behavior as only A-bombed nation in the world

The first Meeting of States Parties to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) which came into force in January 2021 will take place for three days from June 21 in Vienna, Austria.

JCP submits bill to put stop to measure to double elderly people’s burden for medical payments

 Kishida gov’t’s basic fiscal policy aimed at further military buildup is unacceptable

JCP and 3 other opposition parties jointly submit bill to end discrimination against LGBTQ

JCP votes for CDPJ no-confidence motion against Kishida Cabinet

Opposition parties, including JCP, jointly submit bill to cancel introduction of tax-invoice system

 Pension cut amid price surge will negatively impact many pensioners’ livelihoods

Ex-Upper House members’ group calls on political parties to work to send more women to Diet

Asbestos victims sue construction material makers refusing to join compensation fund

JCP Kasai meets with Mindan vice-president

 Refusal to participate in 1st TPNW conference is shameful behavior as only A-bombed nation in the world

JCP Chair Shii talks with Swedish ambassador to Japan

JCP publishes July Upper House election platform