The campaign period for the Upper House election has ushered in the final stage. Candidate Kai Masayasu has fought for a year, canvassing throughout the country with support of party members, supporters and friends of the New Socialist Party. The last, crucial three days are left before balloting. Let’s fight until the last moment.
LET’S SEND CANDIDATE KAI MASAYASU TO PARLIAMENT!
Israel launched a pre-emptive strike June 13 against the nuclear sites in Iran, violating the international laws, which was followed by the US raid against the Middle East nation later. The United States authority had claimed to continue attacking the nation until its ‘unconditional surrender’, but on June 25 the two assaulting parties announced a ceasefire agreement.
A cycle of revenge is generated
The situation, however, cannot be dealt with hopefully. An overwhelming military incident could produce tentative armistice, but, at the same time, such an event may lead to a chain reaction of violent reprisals as history shows. Peace cannot be built by armed forces.
If the Strait of Hormuz should be shut down, the Self Defense Forces (SDF) of Japan should be coercively mobilized to cope with an ‘emergency situation’, which the then-Prime Minister Abe Shinzo would have defined, stipulated in the so-called a series of security legislation enacted in 2015.
In the NATO Summit held in the Hague, the Netherlands, on June 25, the member countries reached an agreement to surge military expenditure up to 5% of their GDPs, which was requested by the Trump administration. Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru had expected to join the summit meeting, but he refrained, fearing of possible media criticisms over his visit as a focal point during the election campaign period.
Focus on Stop Wars! during the campaign
This election will request us to make a severe decision: to impede Japan from being engaged in a war, to implement constitutional principles and to change politics into one that will build peace and help people’s living. Japan now stands at a vital crossroad of the future path.
The New Socialist Party decided in the Party Congress held in April 2024 to field Kai Masayasu, Director, Civic Movement Committee, enrolling in the proportional representation list. The candidate and party members have fought together across the nation. Now it is the final stage. The most important point lies in a fact that the ‘election does not end in posting official election postcards’, which we saw in the Upper House election three year ago.
In this election the NSP has collected 110 thousand of the election postcards from the members and friends. Every sheet of the cards represents a vote of affiliation, a political asset. In order to activate their will, let’s make reconfirmation, calling and mailing every one you wrote to. Our efforts at the last phase are crucial.
Tell ‘Kai’ to voters
One of the election campaign activities for the proportional representation channel is to tell ‘Kai’ again and again to impress on voters. Let’s imprint the name Kai Masayasu on their heart. Time is short. How many voters do recall the name of Candidate is vital. Let’s make concluding efforts to make Kai Masayasu known and remembered in the electorate.
参議院選挙は、いよいよ最終盤を迎えた。かい正康候補は、党員・党友・支持者の皆さんに支えられて１年余、全国を駆け回ってきたが、最後の３日間が大事だ。投票箱が閉まるまで戦い抜こう。
イスラエルは６月13日、国際法に違反してイランの核施設を先制攻撃し、米軍も続いてイランへの攻撃を開始した。米国は「無条件降伏」までイラン攻撃を続けると公言していたが、イスラエルとイランは25日に停戦合意を発表した。
報復の連鎖を生む
しかし、事態は予断を許さない。圧倒的な武力攻撃は一時的な停戦を生み出すことはあっても、報復の連鎖を生み出すこともまた、歴史が示す通りだ。武力で平和は作れない。
もしホルムズ海峡が封鎖されれば、日本は２０１５年に強行された安保法制による集団的自衛権行使の｢例示｣に安倍晋三首相（当時）が挙げた「事態」として自衛隊の出動すら強行されかねない。
オランダのハーグで６月25日に開かれたＮＡＴＯ首脳会議は、トランプ米政権が要求した軍事費のＧＤＰ比５％への引上げに合意した。石破茂首相は当初、首脳会議への参加を目論んだが、参院選の争点化を恐れて見送った。
戦争を阻む参院選
今次参院選は、米国の戦争に日本が巻き込まれることを阻み、私たちがめざす憲法を活かし、平和と暮らしを守る政治へ転換できるかどうかという重大な選択を迫っている。日本が正に重大な岐路に立つ選挙である。
新社会党は昨年４月の大会で、かい正康・市民運動委員長を参院選の比例候補に決定し、候補者は党員の皆さんと一緒に全国で取組みを積み上げてきた。
最終盤を迎えた私たちが最も留意しなければならないことは、前回ままあったが、「公選はがきを出したことで選挙は終わった」としないことである。
公選はがきは今回も11 万枚集約している。一枚一枚が私たちの貴重な政治的財産である。
この貴重な財産を活かすために、公選ハガキを書いた相手に、もうひと声かけよう。私たちの最後の努力が求められている。
「かい」をしつこく
比例区の戦いの鍵は、かいがいしく活動する「かい」をしつこく印象づけることだ。「かい正康」を有権者のハートに植え付けよう。残り時間はわずか。どれだけ頼むか、どれだけ語りかけるか、「やり甲斐」、「生き甲斐」、「働き甲斐」の「かい正康」を国会に送るために、もうひと踏ん張りしよう。
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No. 1141 Final Phase of Election Campaign
The campaign period for the Upper House election has ushered in the final stage. Candidate Kai Masayasu has fought for a year, canvassing throughout the country with support of party members, supporters and friends of the New Socialist Party. The last, crucial three days are left before balloting. Let’s fight until the last moment.
LET’S SEND CANDIDATE KAI MASAYASU TO PARLIAMENT!
Israel launched a pre-emptive strike June 13 against the nuclear sites in Iran, violating the international laws, which was followed by the US raid against the Middle East nation later. The United States authority had claimed to continue attacking the nation until its ‘unconditional surrender’, but on June 25 the two assaulting parties announced a ceasefire agreement.
A cycle of revenge is generated
The situation, however, cannot be dealt with hopefully. An overwhelming military incident could produce tentative armistice, but, at the same time, such an event may lead to a chain reaction of violent reprisals as history shows. Peace cannot be built by armed forces.
If the Strait of Hormuz should be shut down, the Self Defense Forces (SDF) of Japan should be coercively mobilized to cope with an ‘emergency situation’, which the then-Prime Minister Abe Shinzo would have defined, stipulated in the so-called a series of security legislation enacted in 2015.
In the NATO Summit held in the Hague, the Netherlands, on June 25, the member countries reached an agreement to surge military expenditure up to 5% of their GDPs, which was requested by the Trump administration. Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru had expected to join the summit meeting, but he refrained, fearing of possible media criticisms over his visit as a focal point during the election campaign period.
Focus on Stop Wars! during the campaign
This election will request us to make a severe decision: to impede Japan from being engaged in a war, to implement constitutional principles and to change politics into one that will build peace and help people’s living. Japan now stands at a vital crossroad of the future path.
The New Socialist Party decided in the Party Congress held in April 2024 to field Kai Masayasu, Director, Civic Movement Committee, enrolling in the proportional representation list. The candidate and party members have fought together across the nation. Now it is the final stage. The most important point lies in a fact that the ‘election does not end in posting official election postcards’, which we saw in the Upper House election three year ago.
In this election the NSP has collected 110 thousand of the election postcards from the members and friends. Every sheet of the cards represents a vote of affiliation, a political asset. In order to activate their will, let’s make reconfirmation, calling and mailing every one you wrote to. Our efforts at the last phase are crucial.
Tell ‘Kai’ to voters
One of the election campaign activities for the proportional representation channel is to tell ‘Kai’ again and again to impress on voters. Let’s imprint the name Kai Masayasu on their heart. Time is short. How many voters do recall the name of Candidate is vital. Let’s make concluding efforts to make Kai Masayasu known and remembered in the electorate.
July 16, 2025