Pulverize the reactionary offensives launched by the Takaichi government! Smash the move to strengthen the US-Japan military alliance and revise the Constitution! High-spirited workers and students staged a militant demonstration in the main street of Naha (pic below left) Workers and students' united action in Okinawa, October 26th An antiwar, anti-fascist struggle manifesto declared: solidarity rally (pic below right) No to the US-Japan summit meeting! Stop the massive military buildup! Students in the Metropolitan area rose up in anger October 28th, in the students' quarter in Waseda, Tokyo 'Besiege the far-right government!' Students' call reverberated (pic left) Don't let the Trump administration resume nuclear testing! [2] Militants stood up to the US-Japan summit Zengakuren Kansai made a protest to the LDP local office, to the US consulate general October 28th, Osaka Angry protests at the US consulate general in Osaka (pic above leftt) 'No to the summit talks!' Students protesting in front of the LDP local office (pic above right) Workers and students raised their fists in anger at the US consulate general in Sapporo October 27th (pic left) Oct. 21 International Antiwar Day actions carried out Osaka Protesters denounced the launch of the far-right Takaichi government Angry workers, students and citizens held a demonstration (pic below left) Fukuoka JRCL's call to rise against fascism permeated among workers in the rally (pic below right) [6] Against the constitutional revision! Against the massive military buildup! Militants' demonstrations across the country October 26th A militant demonstration staged in the centre of Sapporo The united action by workers and students in Hokkaido Demonstrators resentful of the summit talks marched on the LDP local office 'No to the deployment of long-range missiles in Kami-furano!' (pic above left) 'Anti-war, anti-fascism!': solidarity rally (pic above right) Angry protesters clenched their fists at the LDP office The united action by workers and students in Nagoya Smash the reactionary offensives launched by the far-right Takaichi government! 'No to Russia's aggression in Ukraine!' 'Condemn Israel's massacres in Gaza!' (pic above left) 'No to the US-Japan summit!': solidarity rally (pic above right) [3] A dramatic strengthening of the security alliance against China under the banner of 'peace through strength' The meaning of the US-Japan summit talks on Oct. 28 - Takaichi displayed a resolve to stand in the forefront of the battle against China 'at our own initiative' - Acceptance of Tramp's greedy demands for Japan's investment in America - Strengthening of 'cooperation in economic security' to vie with China - Don't allow the Takaichi government's plot to cement the US-Japan military alliance and to formulate the antiespionage law! [4]-[5] The government's scheme to integrate and close down medical institutions The anti-working class nature of a 'new plan for regional medicine' that will inevitably sacrifice workers and the toiling masses A. The 'new plan for regional medicine': a plan for a drastic reduction in the number of sickbeds 1. The 'new plan' based on the assumption of reduction in the number of sickbeds 2. The system of proffering medical services to be forcibly reorganized based on the 'new plan' B. No to the reorganization of the system of proffering medical services! 1. No to the sacrificing of regional medicine! 2. 'All generation-type social security' sacrifices the elderly and the underprivileged! 3. Definitely no to the Takaichi government's change for the worse of the social security system! [5] Mitsubishi Electric Corporation The management is hell-bent on expanding its munitions production department Don't let them dismiss and relocate workers! Topics The JTUC leadership forces its affiliated unions to restrain wage hike demands by saying the aim should be '3 per cent at most' TOP

Smash the ultra-reactionary offensives mounted by the Takaichi-led Japanese-type neo-fascist government! - Stop the strengthening of the military alliance with the Trump Empire and a gigantic increase in military expenditure! - Don't allow the establishment of the Japanese version of the CIA! Crush the formulation of an antiespionage law! - All working class people! Build up an extensive battle front against fascism immediately! 'No to the establishment of the far-right Takaichi government!' Militants' antiwar, anti-fascist demonstration October 19th, Tokyo (pic left) Crush Putin's war! Condemn the genocide in Gaza! Smash the far-right Takaichi government's reactionary offensives! Workers and students marched on the Diet Building and the PM's Office! October 19th, Tokyo - White-helmeted militants raised their fists at the Russian and the US embassies - Smash the LDP-Ishin coalition government's offensive of the massive military buildup, formulation of an antiespionage law and the revision of the Constitution! (pic above left) Resolves firmly fortified to smash full-scale reactionary offensives prior to the appearance of the far-right Takaichi government: solidarity meeting in Shiba Park (pic above right) 'Smash Russia's aggression against Ukraine!' White-helmeted militants marching on the Russian embassy, raising their fists with anger [6] Anti-war, anti-fascist demonstrations across the country October 19th The united action by workers and students in Osaka Anger flares up against Osaka-based right-wing Ishin, now part of a ruling coalition (pic above left) No to Putin's war! No to Netanyahu's war! No to an antiespionage law! (pic above right) Resolved to fight against the buildup of Ampo and the massive military buildup The united action by workers and students in Fukuoka The militant demonstration jolted the central area of the city (pic above left) Stop making Kyushu and Okinawa a military fortress! No to the constitutional revision! No to fascism! (pic above right) Militants got the gist of their struggle: the closing meeting [3] Denounce Israel for slaughtering Palestinians despite a 'ceasefire'! - Let us fight in solidarity with the Palestinians aiming to establish an independent state! -- Netanyahu is continuing the attack on the pretext of Hamas' 'violation of the agreement on a cease-fire' -- 'Stop the genocide!' The rage of people shook European and Arab state rulers Kaminoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture No to the construction of an intermediate storage facility for spent nuclear fuel! [4] Tools of state power rotten to the core: remnants of the Bukuro-Chukaku faction - 'Sexual abuse' has been an everyday occurrence - Bankruptcy of their revolution paranoia and taking refuge in 'opposition to discrimination' - State power starting to make use of the Bukuro remnants' last moments [5] Topics Prime Minister Takaichi gave instructions to 'deregulate working hours' No to the bad revision of the Laour Standards Law! Create a militant upsurge in the 2026 spring labour offensive! How do you size up China's Sept. 9 military parade? An imaginary talk among JCP members at a small branch office The economy of gathering goods together Struggling against poverty, Chinese youths are obliged to save on everything TOP

Smash the reactionary offensives launched by the far-right Takaichi government! No to Trump's visit to Japan and the US-Japan summit talks! Stop the formulation of an antiespionage law! Stop the constitutional revision! - Japan's pledge to strengthen the US-Japan military alliance and to massively expand armaments - Pressing America's economic demands on Japan, its 'vassal state' - Foil a full-scale reactionary offensive to be launched by the Japanese-type neo-fascist state power! 'No to the establishment of the far-right Takaichi government!' Workers and students staged a militant demonstration under the banner of anti-fascism in the centre of Tokyo October 19th, Workers and students' united action in Tokyo (pic left) Condemn Russia's aerial bombings and destruction of energy facilities in Ukraine! [2] A big anti-base rally in Henoko, Okinawa October 4th Under the banner of 'anti-Ampo, anti-fascism', Ryukyu Univ. and Okinawa Int'l Univ. students fought with Okinawan workers and citizens (pics below) Denounce the biggest ever 'SDF joint exercises' conducted under the command of US forces 60,000 SDF troops mobilized across the country [3] The Bukuro-Chukaku faction expelled all the activists of its fake Zengakuren The appalling finale of the Chukaku faction ridden with 'sexual abuse and sexual discrimination' - Chukaku faction's latest 'national meeting' revealed its shameful end - Chukaku Zengakuren's rotten reality - Pulverize the machinations plotted by the state power of Japanese-type neo-fascism to utilize this waste tool to 'eradicate the left' [4] Postal workers' struggle A large-scale reorganization of regional mail-sorting centres Fight back against the offensives entailed by the 'reorganization for the next-generation network'! Let us smash the mass dismissal, wide-area redeployment and intensified labour imposed on workers working inside post offices! - A concentrated way of handling mails prompted: its characteristics - Structural changes from regular mail services to services centred on parcels - The management exacting big sacrifices from postal workers - Let us fight resolutely by overcoming the union leadership which is fully cooperating in the offensive of rationalization imposed by the management! [5] After the end of Osaka-Kansai Expo Great many construction workers are met with their firms going bankrupt and themselves discharged The misery of Japanese youths who went to Australia on working holidays Topics JTUC chairwoman Yoshino demands of the Constitutional Democrats 'support for the security-related laws' and 'the elimination of “No nuclear power plant”' [6] Putin-led Russia verging on the collapse of its 'paper bear'-like economy A convulsion of state capitalism of the authoritarian type based on the FSB - Ukraine's destruction of oil manufacturing facilities, a crushing blow against Russia - Tight conditions of Russia's national finances that supported the wartime economy - Inflation and shortages of goods: the situation becoming more and more serious - Don't allow Putin-led Russia to ride out the crisis by colluding with China and North Korea! TOP

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