April 17, 2026

Japan Press Weekly No. 3455

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/

IN THIS ISSUE

JCP Koike: Blocking Strait of Hormuz is outrageous

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16238

Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira argued, "The U.S.

administration should negotiate in good faith with Iran with the aim of ending the war. To that end, it should guarantee that it won't attack Iran again."

FY2026 budget funding military buildup with tax hikes and cuts in social welfare enacted

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16239

JCP lawmaker Shirakawa criticized the government-proposed budget for imposing heavier burdens on the general public in order to fund a massive military buildup, which she said is totally unacceptable.

Gov't proposed bill criticized as first step toward introducing military-draft system https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16240

The government submitted a bill to relax the existing rules with the aim of making it easy to mobilize public servants as Self-Defense Force reserve personnel. Criticism has been spreading that this is the first step toward the implementation of conscription.

CONTENTS

POLITICS

FY2026 budget funding military buildup with tax hikes and cuts in social welfare enacted

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16239

Japan should formally apologize for intrusion by armed SDF officer into Chinese embassy

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16241

Gov't proposed bill criticized as first step toward introducing military-draft system https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16240

Half of total political party subsidies will go to LDP

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16242

JCP exchanges views on key bills with SDP

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16243

Japanese and US gov'ts should quickly, unconditionally implement 30-year-old agreement on return of US Futenma base in Okinawa

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16244

JCP-supported candidate defeats LDP rival in Tokyo's Nerima mayoral race

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16245

PM Takaichi's 'Aiming for initiating constitutional revision in a year'

remark runs counter to constitutionalism

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16246

SOCIAL ISSUE

80 years of Japanese women's suffrage

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16247

WORLD

Tamura comments on US-Iran agreement on 2-week ceasefire

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16248

JCP Koike: Blocking Strait of Hormuz is outrageous

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16238

JCP

JCP EC Chair Tamura speaks at New Socialist Party's 30th anniversary reception

https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=16249

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