Japanese Communist Party (JCP)
Japanese court lands a blow to marriage equality during Pride Month
The Osaka District Court deemed that the ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional. Last year, a petition at the Sapporo District Court ruled the ban unconstitutional
Iwakuni residents fight back against US military presence
Residents of Iwakuni, which hosts one of the largest US foreign bases, recently announced that they will file a lawsuit that could have wider implications for foreign military bases in Japan
Progressives condemn Japan’s decision to release contaminated water from Fukushima nuclear plant
The incumbent conservative government in Japan led by Yoshihide Suga has decided to release contaminated water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear reactors into the Pacific ocean
- Majority of countries in West Asia call for region to be a nuclear-free zone
- University and College Union secures big win against work casualization in the UK
- Muqtada al-Sadr demands dissolution of Iraqi parliament, fresh elections
- Peruvian Prime Minister Aníbal Torres resigns
- Anti-fascists protest repeated attacks on Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar
