Japan Press Weekly

JCP Koike: JCP will seek collaboration and cooperation with ‘Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’

Democratic Party Acting President Edano Yukio announced the foundation of a new political party named the “Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan”. Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira said, “The JCP will work to create an agreement with Edano’s party to reaffirm the consensus that the 4-party alliance had reached over the past 2 years.’”

DP’s confusion over Hope Party angers concerned citizens

Concerned citizens, who are annoyed by the Democratic Party’s confusion in regard to the foundation of Tokyo governor’s Hope Party, marched in demonstration on a street in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

DP will merge with new rightist party, betraying its promise to concerned citizens

to concerned citizens The Democratic Party decided to merge with Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko’s new political party, the Hope Party. With this, DP’s newly-elected leader Maehara Seiji will virtually disband the DP.

DP’s confusion over Hope Party angers concerned citizens

JCP Koike: JCP will seek collaboration and cooperation with ‘Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’

Civil Alliance confirms common election agenda in preparation for selecting united opposition candidates

Constitutional scholars criticize Abe for dissolving Diet in violation of Constitution

True face-off is between LDP/Komei and Citizens/opposition parties united front

 Change gov’t in general election to solve N. Korea crisis through dialogue

Cabinet approval rate goes down in all opinion polls

Citizens-opposition candidate defeats LDP-backed rival in Tokyo’s city mayoral race

Civil Alliance rejects possibility of collaboration with Tokyo Governor’s constitutional revisionist party

 MV22 makes emergency landing in Okinawa, bringing dangerous Ospreys into spotlight yet again

Japan-US civil nuclear agreement looks set for extension

Snowden’s speech gives clues to Abe’s excessive subservience to US

Last spurt of global ‘Peace Wave’ action

DP will merge with new rightist party, betraying its promise to concerned citizens