Japan Press Weekly

JCP Shii comments on removal of North Korea from U.S. list of states sponsoring terrorism

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo said, “The JCP strongly hopes that this latest move will help the Six-Party Talks to implement the agreements to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula and will encourage North Korea to completely give up its nuclear programs.”

Is DPJ backing off from confronting LDP for the sake of early election?

The Democratic Party of Japan apparently favors the earliest possible dissolution of the House of Representatives for a general election in order to avoid engaging in discussions on ways to ease hardships among the general public.

Do not shift burden of failure of casino capitalism onto ordinary people

In a TV interview on an ASAHI NEWSTAR program aired on October 10, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo commented on the recent worldwide financial crisis triggered by the failure of Lehman Brothers.

Is DPJ backing off from confronting LDP for the sake of early election?

JCP opposes supplementary budget

 Reduce military budget to fund social services

JCP Kokuta criticizes DPJ for putting party interests first

Aso: War dead enshrined at Yasukuni are divine souls

 Nobel prize-winners are reminder of the importance of state’s role in supporting basic research

JCP Shii calls for drastic revision of the Worker Dispatch Law

Shii exposes Toyota’s evasion of law to use temporary workers as long as it can

DPJ makes about-face with general election in mind

Ruling parties and opposition DPJ agree to put the bill to extend SDF operation in the Indian Ocean to vote on Oct. 20

Do not shift burden of failure of casino capitalism onto ordinary people

JCP Shii comments on removal of North Korea from U.S. list of states sponsoring terrorism

Make every effort to achieve peace in Afghanistan

Okinawa Prefectural Assembly refuses to fund pro-U.S. base governor’s trip to U.S.

UN official says civic society’s attendance is important for abolishing nuclear weapons

Gensuikyo visits Egypt and Norway permanent missions to the U.N.

Gensuikyo calls for anti-nuclear weapons signatures at anti-war rally in Boston

Government must take responsibility for falsified pension record scandal