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NEW RELEASE JCP IS THE ONLY 'RELIABLE OPPOSITION PARTY' THAT DEFENDS LIVING CONDITIONS AND PEACE The Japanese Communist Party Manifesto END POVERTY, DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION'S ARTICLE 9 JCP Chair Shii speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan

A trip to Vietnam for Friendship and Solidarity On the 21st Century World Lecture by SHII Kazuo, Japanese Communist Party Executive Committee Chair At Hanoi University, January 12, 2007

Japan's War: History of Expansionism Interview with Tetsuzo Fuwa 72p, 1000 yen (plus shipping, tax only for domestic purchases)

A trip to Vietnam for Friendship and Solidarity Interview by Akahata with SHII Kazuo

Seminar on Issues Facing Workplaces SHII Kazuo

The JCP's Role in Changing Politics SHII Kazuo Japanese Communist Party Executive Committee Chair Speech at the 39th Akahata Festival November 4, 2006

The 21st Century World and Socialism Theoretical discussion with CPC delegation Tetsuzo FUWA 142p, 1,500 yen (plus shipping, tax only for domestic purchases)

2007 JULY 25 - JULY 31

To our readers:
The next issue of Japan Press Weekly (No.2538) will be published on August 23.

JCP on House of Councilors election results

The JCP won three seats in the national proportional representation constituency, a decrease of one, but it maintained its position by receiving about 4.4 million votes (7.48 percent of the total votes cast), up from the 2004 and 2001 Upper House elections.

 

Abe defies public outcry to step down

JCP Chair Shii said, “I think Prime Minister Abe must step down. Mr. Abe said his policies concerning the Constitution, education, and the consumption tax will not change. However, I strongly urge the LDP to reflect on its policies and refrain from pushing them.”

 

2007 World Conference against A & H Bombs receives messages from governments

The Organizing Committee of the 2007 World Conference against A & H Bombs received messages from governments of New Zealand, Mexico, Laos, and Lithuania as of July 31.

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UPPER HOUSE ELECTION

- Upper House election: LDP-Komei block suffers historic setback; JCP gains 3 seats

- JCP on House of Councilors election results

- Abe defies public outcry to step down

 

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CORRUPTION

- Agriculture minister’s additional corruption scandal exposed

 

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NUCLEAR

- 104 overseas delegates from 22 countries and 5 international organizations                 to participate in World Conference against A & H Bombs

- 2007 World Conference against A & H Bombs receives messages from governments

- 6th court ruling against state over A-bomb disease sufferer recognition

 

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MILITARY

- Advisory panel to give prime minister authority over constitutional interpretations on collective self-defense issues

- Local assembly adopts resolution protesting against U.S. Marine Corps armored car’s trespassing on schoolyard

 

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QUAKE

- Government pamphlet claims existing nuclear power plants can withstand any great earthquake

- JCP Shii urges prime minister to swiftly assist quake victims and review nuclear power plant safety standards

- JCP hands over 2 million yen to quake-hit Niigata Prefecture

 

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EDUCATION

- Textbook authors demand correction of account of wartime ‘mass suicide’ in Okinawa

- Tokyo adopts infamous rightist history and civics textbooks

 

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LABOR

- Unionized non-regular workers win victory in labor tribunal

 

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