January 9, 2026

Japan Press Weekly No. 3441

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IN THIS ISSUE

Tamura at New Year meeting calls for JCP that stands firm on principle, not swayed by the flow of times

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16085

JCP Executive Committee Chair Tamura Tomoko at the party's New Year assembly urged all JCP members to uphold sound principles, expand national cooperation, propel the party forward, and not be swept away by the tide of the times.

US under Trump aiming for colonial rule over Venezuela

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16086

The January 5 issue of daily Akahata featured an article by Sugawara Hiraku, the paper's foreign news editor, in which he condemned the United States for kidnapping Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife.

Former JCP Central Committee Chair Fuwa Tetsuzo dies

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16087

Former Japanese Communist Party Central Committee Chair Fuwa Tetsuzo (birth name Ueda Kenjiro) died of acute cardiac failure at a hospital in Tokyo. He was 95.

CONTENTS

POLITICS

To delay total ban on corporate and organizational political donations is unacceptable

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16088

Gov't strategy will allow for constant surveillance of general public under name of active cyber defense

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16089

Stop 'zero irregular migrants plan' which promotes discrimination against foreigners https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16090

PM Takaichi's visit to Ise-jingu Shrine may cause people in neighboring countries to develop distrust of Japan

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16091

WORLD

Thailand and Cambodia should respect each other's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national identity

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16092

Shii condemns Trump's aggression against Venezuela

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16093

US under Trump aiming for colonial rule over Venezuela

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16086

Shii on X: PM Takaichi should voice objections to Trump's attack on Venezuela

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16094

JCP

Former JCP Central Committee Chair Fuwa Tetsuzo dies

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16087

Tamura at New Year meeting calls for JCP that stands firm on principle, not swayed by the flow of times

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16085

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