No.1523 / May/ 24/ 2026　
Aggressive Xi and silent Trump at the May 13 U.S.-China talks.
---　It's one facet of the struggle for hegemony.

A US-China summit was held, and Xi issued a stern warning on the Taiwan issue.
　A new 'constructive strategic stability relationship' between the US and China was proposed, and when Xi said that 'the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation' and 'MAGA' are not contradictory, Trump responded that 'US-China relations are the most important bilateral relationship in the world.'
　The US and China are competing for hegemony amid confrontation and mutual dependence.

　Government bond yields are soaring.
---　In three years, government bond expenses are likely to exceed social security costs.

　With the Communist Party's powerless argument for defending the 'peace constitution' and 'Protect Article 9,'
---　We cannot fight against the reactionaries.

　The National People's Congress covers up contradictions through the consolidation of power.
---　But the liberation of Chinese workers lies in the struggle to overthrow the Xi administration!

No.1522 / May/ 10/ 2026
　Nuclear arms buildup and nuclear threats are proceeding.
---　The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is becoming powerless.

　On April 27, the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of nuclear weapons (NPT) started at the United Nations with a four-week schedule.
　At the past two meetings, the agreed documents were not confirmed, and the NPT is facing a crisis of survival.
　Let's consider the background of the establishment of the NPT and the reasons for the crisis from the perspective of workers.

　The danger of nuclear power under capitalists’.
---　Control lies in the restart of reactors that prioritize capital profits over safety.

　The most efficient method of exploitation
---　The 'piecework system', is rampant.

　On the 2026 May Day, the Workers' Party appealed.
---　For the denunciation of the Takaichi administration's military buildup and authoritarianism in the various areas throughout the country.

No.1521 / Apr./ 26/ 2026
　The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) convention was held.
---　It would accelerate moves toward constitutional revision and military expansion.

　On April 12, the LDP held a party convention and announced a "new vision" titled "70 Years Since the Party's Founding: The Progress of the Liberal Democratic Party and Its Mission for the Future."
　The LDP advocated for the acceleration of parliamentary deliberations toward constitutional revision, the amendment of the Imperial House Law to preserve the male-line imperial system, and the strengthening of military forces for a 'strong Japan.'
　The 'New Vision' seeks to twist postwar Japanese politics even further in a reactionary direction.

　Foreign labor policy that contradicts itself through xenophobia and the exploitation of foreign workers・
---　Let’s acquire the freedom of work and improvements in working conditions!

　Toyota is holding on in the turbulent automobile industry.
---　but what do bourgeois and unionists of Toyota discuss?

　The Takaichi administration of the Liberal Democratic Party uses human discrimination to maintain power and portrays the imperial family as befitting an imperialist state.

No.1520 / Apr./ 12/ 2026
　Let's condemn the military attacks by Trump and Netanyahu aimed at killing and destruction!
---　Takaichi, stop supporting and cooperating with military attacks on Iran!
Let's rally the Workers' Party and begin the internationalist struggle!

　Trump postponed the full-scale destructive attack on Iran that had been scheduled for the 8th, April.
　Discussions between the United States and Iran are scheduled to take place on the 10th, April but the situation remains unpredictable.

　Takaichi's stopgap fuel price measures
---　It’s involve unlimited subsidies to suppress prices.

　Irresponsible 'Takaichi proactive fiscal policy'!
---　The fiscal discipline was loosened by the revision of the Special Public Bond Law.

　In memory of the late comrade Yoshinobu Kobayashi
--- an honest and strong-willed man (died at the age of 82).

　The Fate of Vulgar Economics
---　Former Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda gave an interview to the Asahi Shimbun.

No.1519 / Mar./ 22/ 2026
　Trump turned the Middle East into a powder keg.
---　Takaichi should refuse to cooperate with his war policies!

　On March 10, 1945, 325 US B-29 bombers carried out carpet bombing with many incendiary bombs on densely populated residential areas of Tokyo.
　As a result, more than 100,000 people were burned to death.
　And now, the U.S. military, together with Israel, is destroying inside Iran day after day with overwhelming air force.

　The argument about reduction of consumption tax means hiding class conflicts.
---　The deception of the National Assembly has just started.

　Real wages have declined due to rising prices, but profits are increasing.
---　How should workers fight back?

　Aiming to relax regulations on working hours.
---　Takaichi's 'work style reform'