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No. 2878
(July 28th 2025 Issue)
| Crush the revision of the Constitution and the massive arms buildup! The ruling LDP-Komeito coalition suffered a crushing defeat in the election: Now's the time to topple the Ishiba-led neo-fascist government! - An upheaval of the political ruling system has started - Build up a battle front 'against fascism'! Now is the time to create a big upsurge of antiwar struggles! - Demolish the Ishiba government's massive military buildup and the strengthening of the US-Japan military alliance! - Rise up for antiwar and politico-economic struggles! -- Condemn the genocide in Gaza! Shatter the aggression in Ukraine! [2] The Trump administration to legislate for cryptocurrencies called stable coins Dreaming of 'rebuilding' the global monetary system based on the US dollar as the key currency - The expansion of the 'renminbi settlement bloc' encroaching on the domain of the dollar - The stable coins pegged to Treasury bonds - A struggle for 'currency supremacy' in the 21st century [3] 'The whole land of Ukraine is our land'!! Putin laid bare again his greed to seize territory Russia's war sustainability is in a critical situation; its war-time economy is now bankrupt Don't allow the final decision to give the green light to the resumption of operation of Tomari nuclear reactor No. 3! [4] On the pretext of 'inappropriate way of taking roll calls', the transport ministry imposed an administrative penalty on Japan Post Denounce the management of Japan Post for shifting the blame onto workers! - The realities of the so-called 'inappropriate roll call' in collection and delivery sections - What is the essence of the 'inappropriate roll call' problem? - Denounce the JP union leadership for acquitting the JP management! Smash the exaction of sacrifices from workers! Workers are to be made to work more ruthlessly in their second jobs The Labour Ministry intends to make a bad revision of the Labour Standard Law by abolishing the extra pay system [5] Series: Workers struggling in the workplace Anger whipped up into flame Part 4 We definitely say NO to the curtailment of working hours that means our wage cuts! A report on our struggle Topics The trade union starts demanding a 'periodic raising of passenger fares' The 2025 action plan of the General Federation of Private Railway and Bus Workers' Unions [6] Kaleidoscope An 'enthusiastic response' Trump's tariff acted as a helping hand to Myanmar's military junta Trump is supporting a lot, but ... Boeing: the symbol of the decline in American manufacturing industry Over the deployment of intermediate-range missiles: The US-Japan vs. China throwing off sparks in the western Pacific A hydrogen bomb submerged: A fact of 60 years ago revived by the Tokara Islands earthquakes TOP |
No. 2877
(July 21st 2025 Issue)
| The 63rd International Antiwar Assemblies August 3rd Tokyo, Sapporo, Kanazawa, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka and Okinawa Break through the danger of a third world war, a thermonuclear war, breaking out! - Crush Putin's aggression in Ukraine! - Shatter Netanyahu's genocide of the Palestinian people! - Stave off the outbreak of war in East Asia! - 80 years after the end of WWII: Prevent a new world war! [2] Stop the SDF surface-to-surface missile shooting practice! Workers, students and citizens staged a rally and a demonstration June 20th, Sapporo
(pic right) Angry protesters' rally in Sapporo Militant workers rose up in protest at the shooting range June 24th, Shizunai  Antiwar workers protesting at the gate of the shooting range in Shizunai The eve of another world war The Ishiba-led LDP publicly promised to establish an 'antiespionage law' Don't allow the setting up of a system of oppression similar to the one under the notorious prewar Maintenance of the Public Order Act! [3] A ghetto in Palestine Crush Netanyahu's outrageous plan for detaining Gaza people! The introduction of generative AI into classrooms accelerates the 'loss of humanity' The Education Ministry's 'Guidelines' embody the intention of the monopoly bourgeoisie [4] NTT workers' struggle No to the intensification of labour in the name of the 'active involvement of all staff members'! - With the aim of making more profit, the management urges workers into increase in productivity - Denounce the NTT Union leadership for assisting the management! After the great earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsula The misery of the elderly accommodated in temporary evacuation centres [5] Series: Workers struggling in the workplace Anger whipped up into flame Part 4 Let us create a powerful labour movement from the workshop of the printing industry! Topics The deception of PM Ishiba's 'support measures for the wage raise of small and medium enterprises' [6] Kaleidoscope A terrible disaster in the Guadalupe River flood The crime of Trump who jabbers: 'global warming is a fake' A Novel Prize to Trump!? A precarious cease-fire between India and Pakistan, both aiming missiles at each other Prices continue rising this summer Deliver a powerful punch of anger on the government and capitalists who exact sacrifices from people! TOP |
No. 2876
(July 14th 2025 Issue)
| Militant workers and students staged a dauntless antiwar demonstration in the centre of Tokyo June 29th
on the Russian Embassy and on the Prime Minister's Office Condemn the US bombing raids on Iranian nuclear sites! - 'Denounce the nuclear-armed warmonger's state terrorism'!: solidarity rally - Let us advance a resolute struggle to crush Putin's war!: A JRCL comrade's address - Down with the Ishiba-led Japanese-type neo-fascist government! [6] Demonstrators bitterly denounced the US's bombing attacks on Iran Workers and students' united action in Hokkaido June 22nd. Sapporo
'Bring down the Ishiba government dashing to the military buildup! Protest action by Zengakuren Hokushin'etsu Region June 27th, Kanazawa  Militant students clenching their fists at the local LDP office We emphatically protest against the US's bombings of Iranian nuclear sites! Antiwar youths in Fukuoka fought in front of the US Consulate June 23rd, Fukuoka
[2] Absolutely NO to the deployment of GSDF Ospreys! Workers, citizens and students gathered to stop the opening of a GSDF post (pic below left) June 21st, Saga, Kyushu
[3] Shortage of rice and rise in its prices The LDP government is forcing the toiling masses to bear increased food expenses and hardships of life No to the participation of Maritime SDF warships in the 'port festas' in Kanazawa and Nanao! Two Chinese aircraft carrier fleets conducted an extensive manoeuvre in the western Pacific [4] Oppose the mass dismissals by the government-controlled LCD company Japan Display! Rapidus, a semiconductor manufacturer The government is pouring a huge amount of tax money into the support of a national policy corporation [5] Series: Workers struggling in the workplace Anger whipped up into flame Part 3 No to the intensification of bus drivers' labour! Stop the strengthening of labour management! Topics JTUC chairwoman Yoshino presents an objection to making a consumption tax cut TOP |
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No. 2875
(July 7th 2025 Issue)
| Overseas Appeal for the 63rd International Antiwar Assembly in Japan Crush Putin's war! Crush Netanyahu's war! Stop the outbreak of a world war with the united power of people across the world!
[2-3] Denounce the US attacks on Iranian nuclear sites! Militant actions across the country  Tokyo June 29thCrush Russia's aggression in Ukraine! Denounce the US-Israeli attacks on Iran! Condemn Israel's genocide against Palestinians! No to the strengthening of the US-Japan military alliance! Down with the Ishiba government! Zengakuren students and antiwar workers marching Okinawa June 22nd Marching through the downtown of Naha
Osaka June 22nd Closing in on the US Consulate General
Nagoya June 22nd Raising angry fists at the ruling party's prefectural headquarters
No to the US Marine's firing drills at the Yausubetsu field! Hundreds of workers and dairy farmers rose in protest Kushiro, Hokkaido, June 7th  [4] Don't allow Nissan to launch a major restructuring in the name of 'reconstruction' No to factory closures and the sacking of 20 thousand workers! [5] Series: Workers struggling in the workplace Anger whipped up into flame Part 2 Non-regular postal workers Reorganization of regional sorting stations Let us fight back against the rejection to their contract renewals! Topics The '2025 agenda' of the Federation of Printing and Publishing Workers' Unions [6] An appalling 'gap' in medical service in the 'contemporarized socialist country of China' 'Commission of science and technology for defence' started Competition in the 'backyard' of the US The Colombian 'leftist' government participated in China's One Belt, One Road Initiative TOP |
No. 2874
(June 30th 2025 Issue)
| We denounce America's bombing of nuclear facilities in Iran! Condemn Israel's attacks on Palestine and Iran! Shatter Russia's aggression in Ukraine! Now is the time to rise up for antiwar struggles in solidarity with people all over the world! Let us rise in an antiwar struggle to break through the danger of the outbreak of a thermonuclear war! Down with the Ishiba-led Japanese government hugely expanding armaments and imposing poverty on working people! - Crush the regime assisted by major opposition parties in the name of 'surviving the crisis of the nation'! Create an explosive upsurge in the antiwar, anti-Ampo and politico-economic struggles! -- Gaining opposition parties over to its side, the Ishiba government bulldozed reactionary laws through the Diet in succession -- Definitely no to the boosting up of the prices of living necessaries! Don't allow the imposition of poverty on the toiling masses! -- Pulverize the attempts to expand armaments and tremendously strengthen the US-Japan military alliance! -- Denounce the JTUC leadership for underpinning the regime literally supported by all opposition parties! [2] Smash the machinations to revise the Constitution! The LDP, Komeito and three 'opposition' parties, including Ishin and Kokumin, have presented a 'draft framework' for revised provisions of the Constitution Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture Stop the setting up of new nuclear facilities by Kansai Electric Power Company [KEPCO]! [3] Faced with China's embargo on rare earths, Trump waved the white flag Imposing environmental damage on Chinese people, Beijing bureaucrats have got a 90 percent share in the world - The militarist empire was attacked at its 'Achilles tendon' by China - Untold hardships suffered by Chinese people behind the greedy competition over rare earths Military confrontation intensifying between the US-Japan vs. China, focussing on the South China Sea and the western Pacific - The Trump administration shouting the imminence of 'China's threats' - A multinational forces mainly made up of US and Japanese troops are consecutively conducting joint exercises - Chinese forces repeatedly conducting military manoeuvres to vie with US-Japanese forces [4] The offensive of the NTT management The introduction of a 'regional staff system' No more of low wages, temporary transfers, and intensification of labour! I. The ulterior motive of introducing a 'regional staff system' II. The deceitful nature of the 'interim measures attendant upon the switchover to the new system' III. Accuse the NTT Workers Union Western Headquarters of fully cooperating with the management in introducing the fraudulent 'new system of full-time employment'! [5] Series: Workers struggling in the workplace Anger whipped up into flame Part 1 The prevalence of 'flexible part-time jobs' Don't let them use care workers as disposables! - Care workers driven to 'flexible part-time jobs' - The owners of nursing facilities are making the best use of 'flexible part-time jobs' - Care workers plunged into a state with no rights - The Ishiba government is intending to reduce even more social security expenses The introduction of 'AI agents' Workers are thrown out of their workplaces Topics The Ishiba government's 2025 'Big-Boned Policy' (for Economic and Fiscal Management and Structural Reform) and 'Growth Strategy' [6] Kaleidoscope 'We shall never forget the blood shed by our predecessors': the resentment of Panamanians towards the Trump administration The cunning of Xi Jinping: attempting to prevent a Hong Kong billionaire's sale of the right to run two ports on the Panama Canal Russia's 'deathnomics': Putin is buying the lives of ethnic minorities and poverty-stricken people with money TOP |
No. 2873
(June 23rd 2025 Issue)
| Rise in Workers and Students' United Actions! Crush Russia's aggression in Ukraine! Condemn Israel's genocide of Palestinians and armed attacks on Iran! Bring down the Ishiba-led Japanese government expanding armaments and imposing poverty on people! Let us fight resolutely by overcoming JCP-led opposition movements that have given up opposition to Ampo! Central Students' Orgburo I. The contemporary world engulfed in the horrors of war A. Netanyahu-led Israel has perpetrated massacres of Palestinians and armed attacks on Iran B. Putin-led Russia is frantic to expand its occupation areas, to attack whole towns in Ukraine C. An all-out confrontation between Trump-led America and Xi-led China D. The US-Europe-Japan vs. China-Russia: both sides are escalating build-ups of nuclear capacities to intensify military confrontation with each other II. The Ishiba-led government of Japan, a 'vassal state of the Trump empire', is dashing for the reinforcement of Ampo and a big military buildup A. A move to strengthen the US-Japan military alliance and build up Japan into a military power B. The critical situation of the established opposition movements and the endeavours of Zengakuren to break it through III. Let us create a nationwide explosive upsurge of revolutionary antiwar struggle! A. Crush Putin's war! B. Shatter Netanyahu's war! C. Stop the Ishiba government's reinforcement of Ampo and the gigantic military buildup! D. Down with the Ishiba government of Japanese-type neo-fascism! [4] Denounce the enactment of the law to convert the JSC (Science Council of Japan) into a corporation! Let us oppose the promotion of military research in universities! - Fight under the banner 'Antiwar, Anti-fascism' Say 'no' to Trump's repression against the people of Los Angeles by mobilizing armed forces! Denounce the crazy anti-immigrant witch hunt by the Trump administration! A big argument with Elon because ... A default risk creeping up on the Trump administration [5] One year after the introduction of 'Japanese type ride sharing' service Don't allow major ride sharing companies to use workers as disposables! - Ride sharing is spreading rapidly in Okinawa - 'Japanese type ride sharing' system that preys on workers Topics Keidanren's new president Tsutsui declares his intention to enjoin workers to sacrifice ever more [6] 'No to Japan's first long range missile launching exercise planned in Shizunai' Militant workers and students held an antiwar demonstration, Sapporo, May 24th  (pic) Voices of 'Smash Russia's aggression in Ukraine!' reverberated in Sapporo 'Stop the construction of a new US base!' Workers and students rose in Okinawa People's Action in Henoko, June 7th Militant students fought in the van under the banner of 'Anti-Ampo'  (pic) Fighting under the slogan 'Don't make Okinawa a military fortress!' Denounce the deployment of F-35A stealth fighters to be used for pre-emptive attacks in the SDF air base in Komatsu! Oppose the reinforcement of the Komatsu base as one for making sorties against China, Russia and North Korea! TOP |
No. 2872
(June 16th 2025 Issue)
| Condemn Russia's massive air raids on the whole land of Ukraine! Impeach Netanyahu for perpetrating terrible massacres of Palestinians in cahoots with Trump! [1-2] Xi Jinping is vying with Trump's plot to drive a wedge between China and Russia Sino-Russian summit talks on the '80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany' - Managed to obtain Russia's cooperation towards machinations to annex Taiwan - Building an 'anti-American united front' by taking advantage of Trump's tariffs - Expanding the export of war supplies disguised as supplies for civilian use - Denounce the Xi Jinping regime for supporting Putin's war! [2] Russia's wartime economy in jeopardy - A sharp decrease in oil income and the aggravation of a financial crisis - Inflation and shortage of consumer goods caused by the wartime economy - A shortage of labour power and the loss of techniques - Dependency on neo-Stalinist China [3] Accuse Putin of 'Russianizing' the occupied territories of Ukraine! - A Ukrainian woman journalist murdered after being tortured - Liquidation of the Ukrainian people's identity as a nation Stop the deployment of Ospreys in a new GSDF base in Saga in July! - Reject the establishment of a Japanese version of Marine Corps Aviation! - Oppose the building of a US-Japan joint pre-emptive attack system against China! [4] In the name of 'economic security', a revised law was passed to support Rapidus, a government-controlled semiconductor manufacturer No to the scattering of Fukushima Daiichi's radioactively contaminated soil in public work sites across the country! [5] Reports from the labour front Local government authorities are sacrificing workers hired by the fiscal year The Ishiba government virtually permits increases in the number of workers employed in the guise of 'independent contractors' Topics Major community hospitals are going bankrupt; care service facilities are being closed one after another [6] Condemn the US marine's rape of a Japanese base worker in Okinawa! From a former US base worker to the reader of Kaihoh - One sexual assault case after another by American soldiers - Never ever cover up the incident! Resolutely create struggles to remove all bases, to repeal the US-Japan Security Treaty! Impeach the LDP Diet member Nishida of his insults at the memorial exhibition of the Himeyuri (Star Lily) Corps, a unit of field hospital student nurses, who died in Okinawa in the final stages of the Second World War! - Denounce the Ishiba government and the LDP for abhorrently attacking Okinawan people's peace education and antiwar movement! - Don't let them consecrate the war of erstwhile Japanese militarism! Let us oppose the move to make Okinawa a military fortress! What's going on behind the scenes in the SDF base construction site in Mage-shima in the Southwest Islands? TOP |
No. 2871
(June 9th 2025 Issue)
| Block the bad revision of the Labour Standards Law! Don't allow the Ishiba government to remove the minimum legal standards of working conditions! - The government and the monopoly bourgeoisie manoeuvring to emasculate the Labour Standards Law - The government and the ruling class scheming for removing the minimum legal standards and destroying trade unions - Don't allow the established union leaderships to distort the struggle against the revision! [2] No to the restart of reactor operations in Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power station! The Nuclear Disaster Prevention Council's 'evacuation plan' was put together in a hit-or-miss manner - The governor of Niigata Prefecture is watching for a chance for 'giving approval' to the resumption No to the construction of a 'radioactive waste' disposal plant in Suttsu and Kamoenai! The desktop research report put together by NUMO (Nuclear Waste Management Organization) is horribly tricky - Totally disregarding the danger of a massive earthquake caused by active faults - Don't let them proceed to the next step of 'general research' [3] Kaleidoscope 2025 Beijing bureaucrats' headlong rush at manufacturing robot soldiers A lethal weapons fair in Japan Taiwan to be guarded with drones Xi Jinping's plan of unmanned troops [4] Trump has embarked on saving Boeing now struggling to get through financial difficulty The IG Metal leadership accepted Volkswagen's 35,000 redundancies [5] Postal workers' 2025 spring labour offensive Let's not give approval to our union leadership's agreement on the ultra low compromise figures! Denounce the JP Union leadership for giving full cooperation to the management's massive restructuring! The Postal Workers Committee of the JRCL - Denounce the union leaders for making a compromise on derisory pay offers! Condemn them for having been immersed in labour-management consultations! - Shatter the offensives of dismissals, reshuffling and labour intensification with the united power of workers! - Frustrate the attempts of the Ishiba government to expand military capacity, strengthen Ampo and revise the Constitution of Japan! Smash Putin's war! Let us fight in solidarity with the workers of Ukraine! Topics Panic-stricken at Trump's tariffs: Japanese steel industry capitalists are suspending one blast furnace operation after another [6] Learning from Comrade Wakahara's exchange of thoughts with Ukrainian leftists On reading Wakahara's article (published in The Communist No. 332) - Making myself immanent in Ukrainian Marxists - To make Marxism indigenous The misery of 'data workers' Workers of the Global South are treated as 'disposable workers' for the development of AI TOP |