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  • JCP-supported candidates win in all 3 Lower House by-elections

    Opposition candidates supported also by the Japanese Communist Party won in all three House of Representatives by-elections on April 28. JCP Secretariat Head Koike said, “The voters have given a severe verdict on Kishida’s coalition government.”

  • May Day rallies call for wage hikes far outpacing inflation and for people-centric recovery from 2024 Noto quake

    JCP Chair Tamura in her speech given at the 95th Central May Day rally said, “Let us work together to further develop the Zenroren-style union movement and win substantial wage increases in order to survive the current cost of living crisis!”

  • JCP Chair Tamura at Constitution Day Rally calls for joint struggle to restore constitutionalism

    A rally to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the enforcement of the Japanese Constitution took place on May 3. JCP Chair Tamura called for expanding the joint struggle between concerned citizens and opposition parties in order to restore constitutionalism.
  • POLITICS

  • JCP Chair Tamura at Constitution Day Rally calls for joint struggle to restore constitutionalism

  • JCP-supported candidates win in all 3 Lower House by-elections

  • Conclusion of treaty on trilateral fighter jet program will turn Japan into a ‘merchant of death’
  • US FORCES

  • editorial US military regularly conducts parachute drills at Kadena AB

  • US military choppers make unauthorized landing on Fukushima City-owned property
  • LABOR

  • May Day rallies call for wage hikes far outpacing inflation and for people-centric recovery from 2024 Noto quake

  • 80% of non-regular workers in municipalities feel at risk of losing their jobs: union survey

  • JCP Chair Tamura at May Day rally praises ‘militant’ labor unions
  • SOCIAL ISSUES

  • JCP Motomura: Disclose results of hearing from foreign trainees about their working conditions

  • Young people loosely connected with JCP deepen their interest in politics

  • Workers exploited to enable early completion of US military FCLP training site on Mageshima island
  • PEACE

  • 2024 National Peace March starts for Hiroshima
  • WORLD

  • Yamazoe urges Japan to condemn Israel

  • Kokuta criticizes gov’t for merely following US
  • JCP

  • Kasai attends S. Africa’s ‘Freedom Day’ reception

  • Ogata speaks at French Communist Party-hosted peace conference

  • Ogata talks with French Communist Party national secretary


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