Shimbun Akahata
LATEST ARTICLES BY Shimbun Akahata
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World
Corporate donations to Japan’s ruling party driving government’s anti-China military buildup
May 15, 2023Kishida is joining in the U.S. effort to encircle China.
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Politics
LGBTQ gains: Japanese Communist Party introduces marriage equality bill in parliament
April 13, 2023The ruling Liberal Democratic Party, ridden with paternalistic and heteronormative “family values,” is hampering the establishment of marriage equality legislation.
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World
Japanese youth oppose government’s military buildup in conjunction with U.S.’ anti-China campaign
April 4, 2023Hundreds marched in Tokyo demanding PM Kishida abide by the constitution’s anti-war Article 9.
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World
Japanese government plans to steal health care money for military budget
December 19, 2022Hospital workers are protesting the scheme.
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World
At Tokyo Pride, Japanese Communist Party pledges fight for LGBTQ equality law
April 28, 2022Party chair Shii Kazuo said the Communists plan to put forward a same-sex marriage recognition measure in the parliament.
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World
Japanese Communists say humanitarian relief needed in Ukraine war, not more weaponry
March 11, 2022Communist MPs call attention to Article 9 of the Constitution, which outlaws war in Japan.
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World
Japanese Communists rally opposition parties to elect ‘a pro-people government’
October 22, 2021The party proposes measures to tackle the climate crisis, realize a gender equal Japan, and diplomacy that makes the best use of Article 9 of Japan’s constitution, which outlaws war.
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Environment
Japanese Communists denounce plan to dump radiation-tainted water into ocean
April 22, 2021The contaminated water is left over from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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